Ultrastructural interrelationship between the pineal gland and the testis in the male rat

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-124

  Kus, I ^a   Sarsilmaz, M ^a   Ogeturk, M ^a   Yilmaz, B ^a   Kelestimur, H ^a   Oner, H ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Leydig cell; Melatonin; Pinealocyte; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENSE BODY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033815810     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850100418819     Document Type: Article

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