Atropine-induced inhibition of sperm and semen transport impairs fertility in male rats

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 207-212

  Sato, Takahiro ^a   Ban, Yoshiki ^a   Uchida, Miki ^a   Gondo, Eri ^a   Yamamoto, Masakatsu ^a   Sekiguchi, Yoshiko ^a   Sakaue, Akiko ^a   Kemi, Masayuki ^a   Nakatsuka, Toshio ^a  

^a BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atropine; Fertility; Rat; Seminal vesicle; Sperm transport; Vas deferens

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ANIMAL EUTHANASIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY RATE; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 24944442987     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.30.207     Document Type: Article

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