Epididymal fat is necessary for spermatogenesis, but not testosterone production or copulatory behavior

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5669-5679

  Chu, Ye ^a,d   Huddleston, Gloria G ^b   Clancy, Andrew N ^b   Harris, Ruth B S ^b,c   Bartness, Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COPULATION; EPIDIDYMIS FAT; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, WHITE; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78649862260     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0772     Document Type: Article

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