Mathematical model for the androgenic regulation of the prostate in intact and castrated adult male rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 291, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Potter, Laura K ^a,b,d   Zager, Michael G ^a,c,e   Barton, Hugh A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

5 dihydrotestosterone; Androgen receptor; Rodent ventral prostate; Testicular hypothalamic pituitary axis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

5 ALPHA DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSTATE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33751185139     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00545.2005     Document Type: Article

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