Postnatal testis development, Sertoli cell proliferation and number of different spermatogonial types in C57BL/6J mice made transiently hypo- and hyperthyroidic during the neonatal period

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 216, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 577-588

  Auharek, Sarah Alves ^a   de França, Luiz Renato ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

C57BL 6J mice; Propylthiouracil (PTU); Sertoli cell; Spermatogonia; Testis development; Triidothyronine (T3)

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 77953145998     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01219.x     Document Type: Article

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