Prolonged and transient neonatal hypothyroidism on Leydig cell differentiation in the postnatal rat testis

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 347-357

  Mendis Handagama, C ^a   Ariyaratne, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult Leydig cells; Differentiation; Fetal Leydig cells; Hypothyroidism; Mesenchymal precursors; Testosterone; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PROPYLTHIOURACIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; LACTATION; LEYDIG CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; MESENCHYME CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RAT; TESTIS FUNCTION; WEANING;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS;

EID: 79961174988     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01485010490474779     Document Type: Article

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