Disruption of pubertal onset by exogenous testosterone and estrogen in two species of rodents

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 284, Issue 1 47-1, 2003, Pages

  Pak, Toni R ^a   Lynch, G Robert ^a   Ziegler, D Matthew ^a   Lunden, Jason B ^a   Tsai, Pei San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mice; Steroids; Syrian hamster; Testis

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

EID: 0037229052     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00352.2002     Document Type: Article

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