Further observations on carbendazim-induced abnormalities of spermatid morphology in rats

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 477-485

  Nakai, M ^a   Hess, R A ^a   Matsuo, F ^a   Gotoh, Y ^a   Nasu, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Carbendazim; Manchette; Nucleus; Rat; Spermatid

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INVAGINATION; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030754679     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80033-X     Document Type: Article

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