Testicular denervation-induced nuclear changes in Leydig cell of hemicastrated adult rats

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 485-491

  Zhu, BaoChang ^a   Cavicchia, Juan C ^a   Chiocchio, Sara R ^b  

^a Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Neurobiologia Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Hemicastration; Leydig cell; Morphometric analysis; Testicular denervation

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031791081     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(98)80027-X     Document Type: Article

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