Effect of short-term starvation on Leydig cell function in adult rats

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 207-214

  Grizard, G ^a,c   Artonne, C ^a   Grizard, J ^b   Boucher, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

infertility; interstitial fluid; Leydig cell; rat; starvation; testis

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STARVATION; TESTIS;

EID: 80051780317     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708994879     Document Type: Article

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