Adverse effects of cadmium exposure on mouse sperm

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-555

  Oliveira, Helena ^a   Spanò, Marcello ^b   Santos, Conceição ^c   Pereira, Maria de Lourdes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acrosome; CdCl2; Flow cytometry; Sperm DNA damage; Sperm function; Sperm quality

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DNA;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EPIDIDYMIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70350247591     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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