Intraperitoneal kisspeptin-10 administration induces dose-dependent degenerative changes in maturing rat testes

Life Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 246-256

  Ramzan, Faiqah ^a   Qureshi, Irfan Zia ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis; Kisspeptin; Metastin; Prepubertal testes; Seminiferous tubules; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; KISSPEPTIN 10; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PREPUBERTY; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

RATTUS;

EID: 78751648588     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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