Preservation of Spermatogenesis in Spinal Cord Injured Rats with Exogenous Testosterone. Relationship with Serum Testosterone Levels and Cellular Localization of cAMP Responsive Element Modulator

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-103

  Huang, Hosea F S ^a,b   Wang, Shulun ^b   Molina, Carlos A ^b   Ottenweller, John E ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CREM; Sertoli cells; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0346363150     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1939-4640.2004.tb02763.x     Document Type: Article

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