Effect of human gonadotropins on spermiation and androgen biosynthesis in the testis of the toad Bufo arenarum (Amphibia, Anura)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305 A, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-102

  Pozzi, Andrea Gabriela ^a,b   Rosemblit, Cinthia ^a   Ceballos, Nora Raquel ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFO ARENARUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33644848014     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.254     Document Type: Article

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