Induction of apoptotic cell death in the seminiferous tubule of the adult rat testis: Assessment of the germ cell types that exhibit the ability to enter apoptosis after hormone suppression by oestradiol treatment

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 237-247

  Blanco Rodriguez J ^a   Martinez Garcia C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Germ cells; Hormone suppression; Oestradiol; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL BENZOATE; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 0029909066     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00468.x     Document Type: Article

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