Endocrine correlates of reproductive development in the male tree-shrew (Tupaia belangeri) and the effects of infantile exposure to exogenous androgens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 22-30

  Collins, Peter M ^a   Tsang, Wai Ning ^a   Urbanski, Henryk F ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Gonadotropin; Luteinizing hormone; Puberty; Reproduction; Scandentia; Testis; Testosterone; Tree shrew

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHESIS; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAEDOGENESIS; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SCANDENTIA; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 34548489692     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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