Influence of chronic morphine exposure on serum LH, FSH, testosterone levels, and body and testicular weights in the developing male rat

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-196

  Yilmaz, Bayram ^a,b   Konar, V ^b   Kutlu, S ^a   Sandal, S ^a   Canpolat, S ^a   Gezen, M R ^a   Kelestimur, H ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

FSH; LH; Male fertility; Morphine; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MORPHINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 79961160416     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262481     Document Type: Article

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