Recovery of suppressed male reproduction in mice exposed to progesterone during embryonic development by testosterone

Reproduction

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-448

  Harini, C ^a   Sainath, S B ^a   Reddy, P Sreenivasula ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS;

MUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 66949143754     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-08-0438     Document Type: Article

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