Effects of castration and hormone replacement in the urinary bladder of rats: Structural, ultrastructural, and biochemical analysis

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 684-690

  Gallo, Carla B M ^a   Miranda, Alexandre F ^a   Felix patricio, Bruno ^a   Ramos, Cristiane F ^a   Cardoso, Luiz E M ^a   Costa, Waldemar S ^a   Sampaio, Francisco J B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging male; Androgen deficiency; Histology; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE UNDECANOATE;

ANDROGEN THERAPY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLADDER WALL; CASTRATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTOSTERONE; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 84866346598     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.014159     Document Type: Article

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