Urocortin 1 inhibits rat leydig cell function

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 6425-6432

  Rivier, Catherine L ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANDROGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; TESTOSTERONE; UROCORTIN I;

ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RESPONSE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; UROCORTINS;

EID: 57349184585     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-0417     Document Type: Article

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