Restoration of spermatogenesis in dibromochloropropane (DBCP)-treated rats by hormone suppression

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 418-426

  Meistrich, Marvin L ^a   Wilson, Gene ^a,c   Porter, Karen L ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b,d   Shetty, Gunapala ^a   Shuttlesworth, Gladis A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Synergos Inc   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e BioGenex Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogs; Reproductive toxicants; Spermatogenia

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIBROMO 3 CHLOROPROPANE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; LEUPRORELIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HORMONE INHIBITION; MALE; MALE STERILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LEUPROLIDE; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROPANE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0347029996     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfg237     Document Type: Article

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