Stage-specific apoptosis in the rat seminiferous epithelium: Quantification of irradiation effects

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 394-402

  Henriksén, Kenth ^a   Kulmala, Jarmo ^a   Toppari, Jorma ^a   Mehrotra, Kalika ^b   Parvinen, Martti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

apoptosis; irradiation; meiosis; rat; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL CYCLE; DNA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM;

EID: 0029825966     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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