A time-course characterization of male reproductive toxicity in rats treated with methyl methanesulphonate (MMS)

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-102

  Kuriyama, Kazuya ^a   Yokoi, Ryohei ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuo ^a   Suda, Satoshi ^a   Hayashi, Morimichi ^a   Ozawa, Shigenari ^a   Kuroda, Junji ^a   Tsujii, Hirotada ^b  

^a KISSEI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dominant lethal; MMS; rats; Reproductive toxicity; Sperm morphology; Time course study

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; GERM CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 20444406913     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.30.91     Document Type: Article

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