Chronic administration of corticosterone impairs LH signal transduction and steroidogenesis in rat Leydig cells

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Sankar, B Ravi ^a   Maran, R R M ^a   Sivakumar, R ^a   Govindarajulu, P ^a   Balasubramanian, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, LH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

OVIS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034163764     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(00)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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