Characterization of Endozepines in the Human Testicular Tissue: Effect of Triakontatetraneuropeptide on Testosterone Secretion

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5521-5528

  Duparc, Celine ^a   Lefebvre, Herve ^a   Tonon, Marie Christine ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^a   Kuhn, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CODE; GERM CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

AGED; BENZODIAZEPINES; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGANDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0344874231     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2003-030783     Document Type: Article

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