The potential roles of neurotrophins in male reproduction

Reproduction

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Li, Chunjin ^a   Zhou, Xu ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN TRKC; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CELL MATURATION; CYTOPLASM; GERM CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84877281679     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-12-0466     Document Type: Article

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