Oestrogen does not affect the restoration of spermatogenesis in the gonadotrophin-releasing hormone-immunised adult rat

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 529-538

  Meachem, Sarah J ^a   Robertson, David M ^a   Wreford, Nigel G ^b   McLachlan, Robert I ^a   Stanton, Peter G ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FULVESTRANT; GONADORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 21244457183     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.05970     Document Type: Article

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