Effects of Zinc and Melatonin Deficiency on Testicular Tissue of Rats

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 255-262

  Oztürk, Ahmet ^a   Baltaci, Abdülkerim Kasim ^a   Bediz, Cem Seref ^b   Mogulkoc, Rasim ^a   Güngör, Salim ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Rats; Testes; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS INJURY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TESTIS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1642561876     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:96:1-3:255     Document Type: Article

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