Spermatozoa have decreased antioxidant enzymatic capacity and increased reactive oxygen species production during aging in the brown Norway rat

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-240

  Weir, Cameron P ^a   Robaire, Bernard ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Epididymis; Glutathione peroxidase; Oxidative stress; Reproduction; Sperm; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PROTAMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPERMATOZOA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 33947261701     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.106.001362     Document Type: Article

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