Stereological study of the effects of vitamin E on testis structure in rats treated with para-nonylphenol

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-516

  Mehranjani, M Soleimani ^a   Noorafshan, A ^b   Momeni, H R ^a   Abnosi, M H ^a   Mahmoodi, M ^a   Anvari, M ^c   Hoseini, S M ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NONYLPHENOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE THICKNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GERMINAL EPITHELIUM HEIGHT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE DIAMETER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE LENGTH; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEREOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TESTIS SIZE; TESTIS STRUCTURE; TESTIS WEIGHT;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TESTIS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 69749112509     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2009.29     Document Type: Article

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