Effect of neonatal treatment of rats with potent or weak (environmental) oestrogens, or with a GnRH antagonist, on Leydig cell development and function through puberty into adulthood

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-36

  Sharpe, Richard M ^a   Rivas, Ana ^a   Walker, Marion ^a   McKinnell, Chris ^a   Fisher, Jane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgens; Bisphenol A; Diethylstilboestrol; GnRH antagonist; Leydig cell; Octylphenol; Oestrogens; Sertoli cell

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADOTROPIN; OCTYLPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE GROWTH;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037238509     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.2003.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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