Effect of cocaine on germ cell apoptosis in rats at different ages

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Yang, Guo Sheng ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Wang, Yi Min ^a   Chen, Zhao Dian ^a   Wang, Shuo ^a   Fang, Jia Jie ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Cocaine; Germ cell; Testis

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; COCAINE; DNA FRAGMENT; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL LOSS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GERM CELL; GONADAL DISEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL CYCLE; COCAINE; ESTROGENS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33747608206     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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