Articles by author - Javier Velázquez-Moctezuma

The mild stress of chronic prenatal injections may have additive effects on drugs administered during pregnancy to alter brain sexual differentiation.

Morales-Otal A, Olayo-Lortia J, Fernández-Soto C, Velázquez-Moctezuma J, Ferreira-Nuño A.

Journal Article 2010; 31(5): 708-716 PubMed PMID: 21173740  Keywords:  Androstatrienes:administration & dosage, Animals, Brain:drug effects, Enzyme Inhibitors:administration & dosage, Female, Gestational Age, Injections, Intraperitoneal, Male, Pharmaceutical Vehicles:administration & dosage, Pregnancy, Prenatal Exposure Dela.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: In order to clarify the effect of the prenatal (PN) treatment of the drug 1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione (ATD) which blocks th.....

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Gonadotrophin levels and morphological testicular features in rats after different doses of the phytoestrogen coumestrol.

Tarragó-Castellanos C, García-Lorenzana C, Diaz-Sánchez V, Velázquez-Moctezuma J.

Journal Article 2006; 27(4): 487-492 PubMed PMID: 16892005  Keywords:  Animals, Coumestrol:pharmacology, Follicle Stimulating Hormone:blood, Hormones:blood, Luteinizing Hormone:blood, Male, Organ Size:drug effects, Phytoestrogens:pharmacology, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Spermatogenesis:drug effects, Testis:drug effects, Testosteron.    Citation

INTRODUCTION: Phytoestrogens are a wide variety of chemical compounds, mainly isoflavonoids, from a vegetable source. Their name makes ref.....

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Testosterone levels and histological features of reproductive glands in adult male rats treated neonatally with tamoxifen.

Morales-Otal A, Retana-Márquez S, Ferreira-Nuño A, Velázquez-Moctezuma J.

Comparative Study 2005; 26(6): 729-732 PubMed PMID: 16380686  Keywords:  Age Factors, Animals, Animals, Newborn, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Organ Size:drug effects, Rats, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators:pharmacology, Sexual Behavior, Animal:drug effects, Tamoxifen:pharmacology, Testis:cytology, Te.    Citation

OBJECTIVE: In this study we examined the possibility that demasculinization produced by the neonatal administration of tamoxifen is accomp.....

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