Morphological and morphometric study of early changes in the ageing golden hamster testis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-117

  Horn, R ^a   Pastor, L M ^a   Moreno, E ^a   Calvo, A ^a   Ganteras, M ^b   Pallares, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Hamster; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; DESQUAMATION; GERM CELL; HAMSTER; INVOLUTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PACHYTENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SENESCENCE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VAS DEFERENS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CRICETINAE; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0029993464     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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