Dose- and photoperiod-dependent effects of 17β-estradiol and the anti-estrogen ICI 182,780 on testicular structure, acceleration of spermatogenesis, and aromatase immunoexpression in immature bank voles

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-278

  Gancarczyk, Monika ^a   Paziewska Hejmej, Anna ^a   Carreau, Serge ^a   Tabarowski, Zbigniew ^b   Bilińska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Anti estrogen; Aromatase; Bank voles; Estrogen; Immunohistochemistry; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; HORMONES; IMMUNOLOGY; OILS AND FATS;

ESTROGENS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FULVESTRANT; SESAME SEED OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG EFFECT; GERM CELL; INJECTION; LIGHT; MALE; MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; VOLE;

CELLS; GROWTH; HORMONES; OIL;

ANIMALIA; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; MURIDAE; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 4444301850     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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