Melatonin and male reproduction

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 446, Issue , 2015, Pages 175-180

  Li, Chunjin ^a   Zhou, Xu ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Male reproduction; Melatonin; Sperm; Testis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; SCAVENGER; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT;

HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TESTICULAR PROTECTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS TORSION; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC FITNESS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84928743458     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2015.04.029     Document Type: Review

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