Effect of normobaric hypoxia on the testis in a murine model

Andrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 332-338

  Madrid, E ^a   Reyes, J G ^b   Hernandez B ^a   Garcia J M ^c   San Martin S ^a   Olivero, P ^a   Crespo, P V ^c   Parraga M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

HIF1 ; Hypoxia; Testis; Testosterone; Vascularisation; VEGF

Indexed keywords

HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HYPOXIA; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULARIZATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84877248352     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/and.12019     Document Type: Article

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