Leptin effects on testis and epididymis in the lizard Podarcis sicula, during summer regression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 168-175

  Putti, Rosalba ^a   Varricchio, Ettore ^b   Gay, Flaminia ^a   Elena, Coccia ^b   Paolucci, Marina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; 17 Hydroxysteroide dehydrogenase; Leptin; Leptin receptor; PPAR ; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INJECTION; LEYDIG CELL; LIZARD; MALE; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PODARCIS SICULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUMMER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; LIZARDS; MALE; PPAR ALPHA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 58149175650     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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