Effect of bullfrog LH and FSH on newt testes under different temperatures

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a   Sakai, Makoto ^b   Hattori, Masa Aki ^c   Kikuyama, Sakae ^b   Wakabayashi, Katsumi ^d   Hanaoka, Yoichi ^d  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bullfrog FSH; Bullfrog LH; Newt; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Temperature; Testis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OXYGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BULLFROG; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 3042830454     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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