Catecholaminergic phenotype of human Leydig cells

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-54

  Romeo, Rosa ^a   Pellitteri, Rosalia ^a   Russo, Antonella ^a   Marcello, Maria Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catecholaminergic markers; Human testis; Impaired spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS; TESTIS; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CATECHOLAMINES; CYTOPLASM; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTIS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 2542551248     PISSN: 00040223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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