Developmental hormonal profiles in rdw rats with congenital hypothyroidism accompanying increased testicular size and infertility in adulthood

Journal of Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 675-684

  Umezu, Motoaki ^a,b   Kagabu, Satoshi ^c   Jiang, Jiany Y ^d   Niimura, Sueo ^e   Sato, Eimei ^f  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital hypothyroidism; Infertility; Male rdw rats; Serum FSH; Testis enlargement; Thyroxine therapy

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFERTILITY; INFERTILITY, MALE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18244377430     PISSN: 09168818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1262/jrd.50.675     Document Type: Article

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