In utero and lactational exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) induces a reduction in epididymal and ejaculated sperm number in rhesus monkeys

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Arima, Akihiro ^a,b   Kato, Hirohito ^a   Ooshima, Yojiro ^a   Tateishi, Taishi ^a   Inoue, Ayumi ^a   Muneoka, Atsunobu ^a   Ihara, Toshio ^a   Kamimura, Shunichi ^b,c   Fukusato, Toshio ^d   Kubota, Shunichiro ^e   Sumida, Hiroshi ^f   Yasuda, Mineo ^f  

^a SHIN NIPPON BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ejaculated sperm number; Male reproductive organs; Offspring; Rhesus monkey; Sperm quality; Spermatogenesis; TCDD

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EJACULATION; EPIDIDYMIS DISEASE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LACTATION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MILK; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 70350618221     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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