Androgen and oestrogen modulation by D-aspartate in rat epididymis

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1865-1872

  Falvo, S ^a   Di Fiore, M M ^a   Burrone, L ^a   Chieffi Baccari, G ^a   Longobardi, S ^b   Santillo, A ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Merck Serono SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

17 oestradiol; 5 reductase; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENYLHYDRAZINE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ASPARTATE OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; OXOACID; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; AROMATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1 GENE; 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2 GENE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BETA ACTIN GENE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; GENE; P450 AROMATASE GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

3-OXO-5-ALPHA-STEROID 4-DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; D-ASPARTIC ACID; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; MALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84991466222     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD15092     Document Type: Article

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