Morphological alterations in the seminiferous tubules of adult Wistar rats: The effects of prenatal ethanol exposure

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 195-202

  Fakoya, Francis Adelade ^a   Ademola Caxton Martins, Ezekiel ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Foetal alcohol syndrome; Germinal epithelium; Male fertility; Reticulin; Testes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN; RETICULIN;

ADULTHOOD; AGE; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIBER; GERM LAYER; GESTATION PERIOD; GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STAINING; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; THICKNESS; TIME; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE SECTION; WEANING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 2942687144     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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