| Literature DB >> 293408 |
M Dym, H G Raj, Y C Lin, H E Chemes, N J Kotite, S N Nayfeh, F S French.
Abstract
Administration of FSH antiserum to adult rats for 14 or 30 days had no or little effect on body, testis or accessory sex gland weights, androgen-binding protein, testosterone levels, germ cell numbers or fertility, thus indicating a relative insensitivity of the testis to withdrawal of FSH. Unlike immature rats, therefore, which do require FSH to initiate spermatogenesis, adult rats do not need this hormone to maintain spermatogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 1979 PMID： 293408
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Reprod Fertil Suppl ISSN： 0449-3087