Reproductive axis function and gonadotropin microheterogeneity in a male rat model of diet-induced obesity

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 356-364

  Olivares, Aleida ^a   Méndez, Juan Pablo ^b   Zambrano, Elena ^c   Cárdenas, Mario ^c   Tovar, Armando ^c   Perera Marín, Gerardo ^d   Ulloa Aguirre, Alfredo ^a  

^a Hospital Luis Castelazo Ayala   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Experimental obesity; High fat diet; LH bioactivity; Luteinizing hormone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHROMATOFOCUSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID DIET; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 77649185161     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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