New light shed on fluid formation in the seminiferous tubules of the rat

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 542, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 445-452

  Fisher, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; OIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HYPOTHESIS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE PERFUSION; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; GERM LAYER; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PERFUSION; SECRETION (PROCESS); WISTAR RAT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANIMALS; BODY FLUIDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PERFUSION; PRESSURE; RATS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES;

EID: 0037101558     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.018648     Document Type: Article

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