d-Aspartic acid and nitric oxide as regulators of androgen production in boar testis

Theriogenology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 249-254

  Lamanna, Claudia ^a   Assisi, Loredana ^b   Vittoria, Alfredo ^b   Botte, Virgilio ^b   Di Fiore, Maria Maddalena ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

d Aspartic acid; Nitric oxide; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ARGININE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SWINE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845342544     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.07.016     Document Type: Article

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