Suppression of male reproduction in rats after exposure to sodium fluoride during early stages of development

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 607-611

  Reddy, P Sreedhar ^a   Pushpalatha, T ^a   Reddy, P Sreenivasula ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3 HSD and 17 HSD activity levels; Gestation and lactation; Serum testosterone; Sodium fluoride; Sperm analysis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LACTATION; NEONATE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SODIUM; SPERM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; MALE; RATS; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34249946462     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0224-4     Document Type: Article

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