Tungstate administration improves the sexual and reproductive function in female rats with streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2128-2135

  Ballester, J ^a   Munoz M C ^b   Dominguez J ^b   Palomo, M J ^a   Rivera, M ^a   Rigau, T ^a   Guinovart, J J ^b   Rodríguez Gil, Juan Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Female rats; Reproductive function; Streptozotocin; Tungstate

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; DRINKING WATER; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 3; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STREPTOZOCIN; TUNGSTATE SODIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; LIBIDO DISORDER; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; UTERUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547813138     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem168     Document Type: Article

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