Melatonin participates in the control of testosterone secretion from rat testis: An overview of our experience

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 966, Issue , 2002, Pages 284-289

  Valenti, Sandra ^a   Giusti, Massimo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; Autoimmunity; Leydig cells; Melatonin; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIENCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SENSITIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036307543     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04228.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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