Pubertal augmentation in Juvenile Rhesus monkey testosterone production induced by invariant gonadotropin stimulation is inhibited by estrogen

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 5866-5875

  Ramaswamy, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RHESUS MONKEY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; ESTRADIOL; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PUBERTY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MACACA MULATTA; PRIMATES;

EID: 26244453878     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2005-0092     Document Type: Article

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