Alteration of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in estrogen- and androgen-treated adult male leopard frog, Rana pipiens

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Tsai, Pei San ^a   Kessler, Anne E ^a   Jones, Jeremy T ^a   Wahr, Kathleen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FROG; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TIME;

EID: 18144390636     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-3-2     Document Type: Article

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