Effects of Subchronic Exposure to Static Magnetic Field on Testicular Function in Rats

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 947-952

  Amara, Salem ^a,b,c   Abdelmelek, Hafedh ^a   Garrel, Catherine ^b   Guiraud, Pascale ^b   Douki, Thierry ^c   Ravanat, Jean Luc ^c   Favier, Alain ^b,c   Sakly, Mohsen ^a   Ben Rhouma, Khémais ^a  

^a University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Laboratoire des Lésions des Acides Nucléiques ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress; Spermatogenesis; Static magnetic field; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; DNA; MALONALDEHYDE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; METALLOTHIONEIN; PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; GAMETOGENESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DNA; MAGNETICS; MALE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33749614150     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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