Inhibition of the basal and oestradiol-stimulated mitotic activity of primary spermatogonia by melatonin in the testis of the frog, Rana esculenta, in vivo and in vitro

Reproduction

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-90

  d'Istria, M ^a   Palmiero, C ^a   Serino, I ^a   Izzo, G ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; ESTRADIOL; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FROG; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METAPHASE; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0038156355     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1260083     Document Type: Article

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