Protective effects of vitamins C and E on spermatogenesis of 1.5 tesla magnetic field exposed rats

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1047-1051

  Monfared, Ali Shabestani ^a   Jorsaraei, Seyed Gholam Ali ^a   Abdi, Rooholah ^b  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

MRI; Spermatogenesis; Static magnetic fields; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION STERILIZATION; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICE; RATS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 70350449601     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21853     Document Type: Article

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