Treatment of GnRHa-implanted Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) with 11-ketoandrostenedione stimulates spermatogenesis and increases sperm motility

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 885-892

  Agulleiro, Maria J ^a,b   Scott, Alexander P ^c   Duncan, Neil ^a,b   Mylonas, Constantinos C ^d   Cerdà, Joan ^a,b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hormonal treatment; Plasma steroids; Progestagens; Teleosts; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 KETOANDROSTENEDIONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLATFISH; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SULFATION;

SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34249821062     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.008     Document Type: Article

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