Age-dependent variation in the RFRP-3 neurons is inversely correlated with gonadal activity of mice

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 326-332

  Sethi, Sumit ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b   Chaturvedi, Chandra Mohini ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DMH; GnIH; Mice; Reproduction; RFRP 3; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; RFAMIDE RELATED PEPTIDE 3; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 77955577913     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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