Inhibin is an important factor in the regulation

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 278, Issue 4 41-4, 2000, Pages

  Kishi, Hisashi ^a   Itoh, Mariko ^b   Wada, Sachiko ^c   Yukinari, Yoko ^c   Tanaka, Yumiko ^c   Nagamine, Natsuko ^c   Jin, Wanzhu ^c   Watanabe, Gen ^c   Taya, Kazuyoshi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; HAMSTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0033999232     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.4.e744     Document Type: Article

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