Spermatogenesis in aged rats after prenatal 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl exposure

Toxicology

Volumn 238, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 186-191

  Wakui, Shin ^a   Takagi, Fumio ^a   Muto, Tomoko ^c   Yokoo, Kiyofumi ^a   Hirono, Shyou ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuko ^a   Shirota, Kinji ^a   Akahori, Fumiaki ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^a   Hano, Hiroshi ^b   Endou, Hitoshi ^c,d   Kanai, Yoshikatsu ^c  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Fuji Biomedix Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Middle and old age; Prenatal exposure to PCB126; Rats; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 34547755732     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.06.097     Document Type: Article

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