Testosterone production in the aging male: Where does the slowdown occur?

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 4439-4440

  Hardy, Matthew P ^a,b   Schlegel, Peter N ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cent Biomed Res   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; BUCLADESINE; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYCLIC AMP; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGING; ANIMALS; BUCLADESINE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEYDIG CELLS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RECEPTORS, LH; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 4644344752     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0888     Document Type: Short Survey

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