Expression of testicular angiotensin-converting enzyme in adult spontaneously hypertensive rats

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-122

  Atanassova, Nina ^a   Lakova, Emilia ^b   Bratchkova, Yordanka ^b   Krasteva, Genka ^b   Donchev, Miroslav ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PLEVEN   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Blood pressure; Spermatogenesis; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; TESTICULAR ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPERMATID; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SPERMATIDS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 66449097078     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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