Effect of high intratesticular estrogen on the seminiferous epithelium in adult male rats

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 41-48

  D'Souza, Ryan ^a   Gill Sharma, Manjit K ^a   Pathak, Shilpa ^a   Kedia, Neelam ^a   Kumar, Ranjeet ^a   Balasinor, Nafisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Estrogen; Spermatogenesis; Spermiation failure

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AROMATASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; GONADOTROPINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 24344449638     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.04.011     Document Type: Article

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