Testosterone's short-term positive effect on luteinizing-hormone secretory-burst mass and its negative effect on secretory-burst frequency are attenuated in middle-aged men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3978-3986

  Liu, Peter Y ^a,c   Takahashi, Paul Y ^a   Roebuck, Pamela D ^a   Bailey, Joy N ^a   Keenan, Daniel M ^b   Veldhuis, Johannes D ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c WOOLCOCK INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETOCONAZOLE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HALF LIFE TIME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE HORMONE RELEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 70349900707     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0135     Document Type: Article

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