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Thyroid Hormones and Testis Development: A Model System for Increasing Testis Growth and Sperm Production
Author(s) -
COOKE PAUL S.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb27305.x
Subject(s) - sperm , thyroid , hormone , spermatogenesis , thyroid hormones , biology , medicine , endocrinology , andrology
In conclusion, the unique transient hypothyroidism system described here provides a noninvasive means by which testicular size and sperm production can be increased to unprecedented degrees. This system may be useful as a model for understanding the factors which regulate testicular growth and the eventual size that the testes attain, as well as the factors which normally establish and then maintain the amount of sperm produced by an animal.