Effects of nutrition, social factors and chronic stress on the mouse Leydig cell testosterone production

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 160-168

  Faldikova, Ludmila ^a   Diblikova, I ^a   Canderle, J ^a   Zraly, Z ^a   Veznik, Z ^a   Sulcova, A ^b  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aggressive and timid behaviour; Chronic stress; Fat free diet; Gonadotrophin; Hypothryeosis; Individual caging; Leydig cells in vitro; Mice; Potassium nitrate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035624199     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/7874-VETMED     Document Type: Article

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