Exogenous leptin administration decreases sperm count and increases the fraction of abnormal sperm in adult rats

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 322-324

  Haron, Mohd Nizam ^a   D'Souza, Urban J A ^b   Jaafar, Hasnan ^a   Zakaria, Rahimah ^a   Singh, Harbindar Jeet ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT;

ANIMALS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEPTIN; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72749114307     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.07.995     Document Type: Article

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