Diazepam administration prevents testosterone decrease and lipofuscin accumulation in testis of mouse exposed to chronic noise stress

Andrologia

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 159-165

  Ruffoli, R ^a,b   Carpi, A ^a   Giambelluca, M A ^a   Grasso, L ^a   Scavuzzo, M C ^a   Giannessi F, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diazepam; Lipofuscin; Noise; Testis

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LIPOFUSCIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FROZEN SECTION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHITE NOISE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DIAZEPAM; FLUORESCENCE; LEYDIG CELLS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NOISE; STRESS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33748575309     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2006.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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