Effects of chronic hypobaric hypoxia on testis histology and round spermatid oxidative metabolism

Andrologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Farias, Jorge G ^a,d   Bustos Obregon E ^b   Orellana, R ^a   Bucarey, J L ^c   Quiroz, E ^c   Reyes, J G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d CIHDE   (Chile)

Author keywords

High attitude; Reproduction; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CYANIDE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 12944284669     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2004.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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