Morphological changes in the testis induced by diethylcarbamazine

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 754-759

  Saraiva, Karina Lidianne Alcântara ^a   Silva Jr , Valdemiro Amaro ^b   Dias, Elisângela Santos Ferreira ^a   Peixoto, Christina Alves ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diethylcarbamazine; Histopathology; Male reproductive toxicology; Spermatogenesis; Testis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FAT DROPLET;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HYPERTROPHY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SERTOLI CELL; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPERMATID; TESTIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FILARICIDES; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LEYDIG CELLS; LIPID MOBILIZATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; ORGANELLES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VACUOLES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749646162     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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