Impairment of adult male reproductive function in rats exposed to ethanol since puberty

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 599-605

  Oliva, Samara U ^a   Messias, Alessandra G ^a   Silva, Daniela A F ^a   Pereira, Oduvaldo C M ^a   Gerardin, Daniela C C ^a   Kempinas, Wilma G ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Ethanol; Fertility; In utero artificial insemination; Male reproductive toxicology; Puberty; Sperm; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PUBERTY; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; EJACULATION; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREIMPLANTATION DIAGNOSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33750030793     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2006.04.017     Document Type: Article

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