Increase in testicular temperature and vascularization induced by hypobaric hypoxia in rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 693-697

  Farías, Jorge G ^a,b   Bustos Obregón, Eduardo ^e   Reyes, Juan G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARTURO PRAT   (Chile)

^b CIHDE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; High altitude; Hyperthermia; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; EPITHELIUM; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 26944474771     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.05013     Document Type: Article

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