Chronic Administration of Atrial Natriuretic Peptide Reduces Testosterone Production of Testes in Mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 912-917

  Lee, Tony Ty ^a   Cheng, Bi Hua ^b   Tsai, Eing Mei ^b   Yang, Cheng Hui ^b   Chang, Yu ^b   Li, Shierley ^c   Lee, Jau Nan ^b,d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ANP; Spermatogenesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS INJURY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0242457404     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2003.tb03143.x     Document Type: Article

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