Castration induces apoptosis in the mouse epididymis during postnatal development

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-84

  Takagi Morishita, Yayoi ^a   Kuhara, Ayako ^a   Sugihara, Ayako ^a   Yamada, Naoko ^a   Yamamoto, Reiko ^a   Iwasaki, Teruo ^a   Tsujimura, Tohru ^a   Tanji, Nozomu ^a   Terada, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Castration; Development; Epididymis; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DNA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

EID: 0036185615     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.49.75     Document Type: Article

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