Effect of intra-testicular melatonin injection on testicular functions, local and general immunity of a tropical rodent Funambulus pennanti

Endocrine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-488

  Ahmad, Raise ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Funambulus pennanti; Immunity; Melatonin receptor; Steroidogenesis; Testes

Indexed keywords

3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN ME11AR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRATESTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEYDIG CELL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RODENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPLEEN; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYMUS;

EID: 77952091324     PISSN: 1355008X     EISSN: 15590100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12020-010-9331-7     Document Type: Article

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