Effect of FSH on testicular morphology and spermatogenesis in gonadotrophin-deficient hypogonadal mice lacking androgen receptors

Reproduction

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-184

  O'Shaughnessy, P J ^a   Monteiro, A ^a   Verhoeven, G ^b   De Gendt, K ^b   Abel, M H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL VESICLE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; HYPOGONADISM; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEMINAL VESICLES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 75149163369     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0377     Document Type: Article

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