Effect of intensive exercise-induced testicular gametogenic and steroidogenic disorders in mature male Wistar strain rats: A correlative approach to oxidative stress

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-40

  Manna, I ^a   Jana, K ^b,c   Samanta, P K ^b,d  

^a Sports Authority of India   (India)

^b WEST BENGAL UNIVERSITY OF ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES   (India)

^c VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant enzymes; Intensive exercise; Oxidative stress; Spermatogenesis; Steroidogenesis; Testes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; GAMETOGENESIS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATALASE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SWIMMING; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0037954346     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.2003.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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