Involution of seminiferous tubules in aged hamsters: An ultrastructural, immunohistochemical and quantitative morphological study

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 445-455

  Morales, E ^a   Horn, R ^a   Pastor, Luis M ^a   Santamaria, L ^b   Pallares J ^a   Zuasti, A ^a   Ferrer, C ^a   Canteras, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Hamster; Immunohistochemistry; Morphometry; Testes; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN; LAMININ; SCLEROPROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INVOLUTION; LAMINA PROPRIA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONECTINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 1842454800     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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