Chronic effects of low lead levels on sperm quality, gonadotropins and testosterone in albino rats

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-510

  Allouche, Lynda ^a   Hamadouche, Mohamed ^a,b   Touabti, Abderrezek ^a,b  

^a FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b CHU Oran   (Algeria)

Author keywords

FSH; Lead acetate; LH; Rat; Spermatozoa; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LEAD ACETATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LEAD POISONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROSTATE; RAT; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; GONADOTROPINS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 68349130109     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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