Aflatoxin treatment brings about generation of multinucleate giant spermatids (symplasts) through opening of cytoplasmic bridges: Light and transmission electron microscopic study in Swiss mouse

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 403-408

  Faridha, Abdul ^a   Faisal, Kunnathodi ^a   Akbarsha, Mohammad A ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aflatoxin B1; Cytoplasmic bridges; Multinucleate giant spermatids; Sperm; Spermatogenesis; Symplasts; Testis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; AFLATOXIN B1; MYCOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MOUSE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SWISS WEBSTER MOUSE; SYMPLAST; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AFLATOXIN B1; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC STRUCTURES; GIANT CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POISONS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

MUS;

EID: 35548963439     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2007.04.071     Document Type: Article

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