Control of spermatogenesis in primate and prospect of male contraception

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 77-92

  Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

FSH; Gossypol; Inhibin; LH; Male contraception; Spermatogenesis; Testis heat stress; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; GOSSYPOL; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PROTEIN P53; STEM CELL FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CRYPTORCHISM; EPIDIDYMIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GYNECOMASTIA; HEAT STRESS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIC PERIODIC PARALYSIS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PAIN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TESTIS ATROPHY;

ANIMALS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, MALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GOSSYPOL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PRIMATES; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 14944381433     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490485768     Document Type: Review

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