Spermatogenesis, epididymis morphology and plasma sex steroid secretion in the male lizard Podarcis sicula exposed to diuron

Environmental Research

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-223

  Cardone, Anna ^a   Comitato, Raffaella ^a   Angelini, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diuron; Male lizard; Reproductive toxicity; Sex steroid hormones; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

DIURON; HERBICIDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERM CELL; HERBICIDE; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SECRETION; SEX HORMONE; SOIL POLLUTION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE RELEASE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DIURON; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LIZARDS; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 52949142232     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2008.07.011     Document Type: Article

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