Exposure to constant light during testis development increases daily sperm production in adult Wistar rats

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 372-379

  Rocha, D C M ^a   Debeljuk, L ^b   Franca L R ^a  

^a Campus Pampulha   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Daily sperm production; Morphometry; Photoperiod; Pineal gland; Rats

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOMETRY; LEYDIG CELL; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; PREPUBERTY; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0032771785     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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