Cortisol effects on the testicular androgen synthesizing capacity in common carp, Cyprinus carpio L.

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-98

  Consten, D ^a   Keuning, E D ^a   Terlou, M ^a   Lambert, J G D ^a   Goos, H J T ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

11 HSD; Androgens; Cortisol; Puberty; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Stress; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11BETA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ADRENOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BIOACCUMULATION; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRUG EFFECT; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE METABOLISM; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 14244273582     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020538729104     Document Type: Article

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