Effect of dihydrotestosterone on pituitary follicle-stimulating hormone isoforms in adult male rats treated with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 280-286

  Rulli, Susana B ^a   Zitta, Karina ^a   Calandra, Ricardo S ^a,b   Campo, Stella ^c  

^a INST DE BIOL Y MED EXPERIMENTAL   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL DE NIÑOS RICARDO GUTIÉRREZ   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antiandrogens; Glycoproteins; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone antagonists; Gonadotropins

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE PROPIONATE; ANTIANDROGEN; CARBOHYDRATE; CONCANAVALIN A; CORN OIL; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN[1 (N ACETYL 4 CHLORO DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE) 2 (4 CHLORO DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE) 3 DEXTRO TRYPTOPHAN 6 DEXTRO ARGININE 10 DEXTRO ALANINE]; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FLUTAMIDE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LHRH;

EID: 0345600117     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074449     Document Type: Article

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