Regulation of thyroid hormones on the production of testosterone in rats

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 554-562

  Chiao, Yu Chung ^a   Lee, Hsien Yang ^a   Wang, Shyi Wu ^c   Hwang, Jiuan Jiuan ^a   Chien, Chau Heng ^a   Huang, Seng Wong ^a   Lu, Chien Chen ^a   Chen, Jiann Jong ^a   Tsai, Shiow Chwen ^a   Wang, Paulus S ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cAMP; GnRH; LH; T; T4; Tx

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NIFEDIPINE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; THYROPARATHYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FORSKOLIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONES; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033564226     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19990615)73:4<554::AID-JCB13>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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