Effects of guanethidine-induced sympathectomy on the spermatogenic and steroidogenic testicular functions of prepubertal to mature rats

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-122

  Lamano Carvalho, T L ^a   Guimaraes M A ^a   Kempinas, W G ^b   Petenusci, S O ^a   Rosa E Silva, A A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

rat; sperm; spermatogenesis; steroidogenesis; sympathectomy

Indexed keywords

GUANETHIDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYMPATHECTOMY; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0030009755     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02766.x     Document Type: Article

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