Effects of carbendazim (methyl 2-benzimidazole carbamate; MBC) on meiotic spermatocytes and subsequent spermiogenesis in the rat testis

Anatomical Record

Volumn 247, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-387

  Nakai, Masaaki ^a   Hess, Rex A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

carbendazim; rat; spermatids; spermatocytes; spermiogenesis; testis

Indexed keywords

CARBENDAZIM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CARBAMATES; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECROSIS; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031047637     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199703)247:3<379::AID-AR9>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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