Disturbed pituitary-testicular axis inhibits testicular descent in the prenatal rat

BJU International

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 641-643

  Shono, T ^a   Suita, S ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maternal stress; Pituitary testicular axis; Rats; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS; STUDENT T TEST; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; FEMALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0142092258     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04436.x     Document Type: Article

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