Role of leptin in seasonal adiposity associated changes in testicular activity of vespertilionid bat, Scotophilus heathi

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Roy, Vikas Kumar ^a   Krishna, Amitabh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Bat; Leptin; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; STAT3 PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORMANCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE INHIBITION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SCOTOPHILUS HEATHI; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; WEIGHT CHANGE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77953718396     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.023     Document Type: Article

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