Testicular angiogenic activity in response to food restriction in rabbits

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 509-515

  Carvalho, M ^a   Mateus, L ^b   Afonso, F ^b   Van Harten, S ^c   Cardoso, L Alfaro ^c   Redmer, D A ^d   Ferreira Dias, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^d NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; RNA; TESTOSTERONE; DNA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE GROWTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CATTLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION;

BOVINAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; ORGAN SIZE; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 66949125482     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0199     Document Type: Article

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