Heat stress causes testicular germ cell apoptosis in adult mice

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-165

  Yin, Yizhong ^a   Hawkins, Kirsten L ^a   Dewolf, William C ^a   Morgentaler, Abraham ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cryptorchidism; Spermatogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; ETIOLOGY; GERM CELL; GERM LAYER; HEAT STRESS; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CRYPTORCHIDISM; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HEAT; MALE; MICE; NUCLEOSOMES; ORGAN SIZE; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030923824     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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