The effects of long-term testosterone, gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and pimozide treatments on testicular development and luteinizing hormone levels in juvenile and early maturing striped bass, Morone saxatilis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 178-187

  M Claire H Holland, ^a,b   Hassin, Shimon ^a   Zohar, Yonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; LH; Puberty; Reproduction; Teleost; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN AGONIST; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PIMOZIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; JUVENILE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0037238112     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00532-4     Document Type: Article

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