Alteration in male reproductive system in experimental cholestasis: Roles for opioids and nitric oxide overproduction

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 615, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 246-251

  Kiani, Samira ^a   Valizadeh, Behzad ^a   Hormazdi, Bahram ^a   Samadi, Hoda ^a   Najafi, Tahereh ^a   Samini, Morteza ^a   Dehpour, Ahmad R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

(Rat); Bile duct ligation; Cholestasis; Endogenous opioid; FSH; LH; Male reproductive system; Nitric oxide; Sex hormone; Sperm analysis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLLITROPIN; LIVER ENZYME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALTREXONE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OPIATE; SEX HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BILE DUCTS; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENITALIA, MALE; LIGATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NALTREXONE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 67449119145     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.04.049     Document Type: Article

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