Reproductive ability of pubertal male and female rats

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 871-877

  Zemunik, T ^a   Peruzovic M ^a   Capkun V ^a   Zekan, L ^a   Tomic S ^c   Milkovic K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Gonads; Pregnancy; Puberty; Reproduction; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYSTERECTOMY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PUBERTY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0043093815     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000700007     Document Type: Article

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