Effects of melatonin treatment on Leydig cell activity in the testis of the frog Rana esculenta

Zygote

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-299

  D'Istria, Michela ^a   Serino, Ismene ^a   Izzo, Gaia ^a   Ferrara, Diana ^a   De Rienzo, Gianluca ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; GnRH; Leydig cell; Melatonin; Testis

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; INDOLEAMINE; MELATONIN; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GERMINAL CENTER; HETEROCHROMATIN; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INDOLES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MELATONIN; RANA ESCULENTA; RELAXIN; SERTOLI CELLS; STEROIDS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 14844297084     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199404002898     Document Type: Article

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