Development of the blood-testis barrier in the mouse is delayed by neonatally administered diethylstilbestrol but not by β-estradiol 3-benzoate

Andrologia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-262

  Hosoi, I ^a   Toyama, Y ^a   Maekawa, M ^a   Ito, H ^a   Yuasa, S ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DES; Ectoplasmic specialization; Meiosis; Oestrogens; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; TRACER;

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PROPHASE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TESTIS;

EID: 0036040748     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2002.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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