Neonatal methyl parathion exposure affects the growth and functions of the male reproductive system in the adult rat

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-33

  Narayana, K ^a   Prashanthi, N ^b   Nayanatara, A ^b   Kumar, H H Ch ^b   Abhilash, K ^b   Bairy, K L ^c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti oestrogens; Endocrine disruptors; Neonatal exposure; P nitrophenol; Pesticides; Reproductive system; Testis; Xenobiotics

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHOLESTEROL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PARATHION METHYL; TESTOSTERONE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMITIS; EPITHELIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; MEIOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROSTATE; RANK SUM TEST; RAT; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; CELL SURVIVAL; GENITALIA, MALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METHYL PARATHION; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33644972508     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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