The effects of photoperiod on testes in rat: A morphometric and immunohistochemical study

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 209-214

  Kus, Ilter ^a   Akpolat, Nusret ^a   Oner, Hakan ^b   Ayar, Ahmet ^a   Pekmez, Hýdýr ^a   Ozen, Oguz Aslan ^c   Sarsilmaz, Mustafa ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANTALYA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Zonguldak Karaelmas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Photoperiod; Rat; Testes

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0041785413     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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