Effects of steroid hormones on spermatogenesis and GnRH release in male Leopard frogs, Rana pipiens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 330-338

  Tsai, Pei San ^a   Lunden, Jason B ^a   Jones, Jeremy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH secretion; Rana pipiens; Spermatogenesis; Steroid hormones; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL; CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; STEROID HORMONE; VERATRIDINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADORELIN RELEASE; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH STIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0345283046     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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