Ultrastructural, morphometric, and hormonal analysis of the effects of testosterone treatment on Leydig cells and other interstitial cells in young adult rats

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 413-426

  Ichihara, Ichiro ^a   Kawamura, Hideto ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a   Pelliniemi, Lauri J ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Interactions; Leydig; LH; Morphometry; Rats; Testis; Testosterone; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LEYDIG CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0034803323     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(01)80196-5     Document Type: Article

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