Effect of melatonin on epididymal sperm quality after testicular ischemia/reperfusion in rats

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1545-1549

  Kurcer, Zehra ^a   Hekimoglu, Askin ^b   Aral, Faruk ^c   Baba, Fusun ^d   Sahna, Engin ^e  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; sperm concentration; sperm morphology; sperm motility; testicular ischemia reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MELATONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECAPITATION; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDIDYMIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HISTOLOGY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR ISCHEMIA; VEIN OCCLUSION; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPIDIDYMIS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949263077     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.01.146     Document Type: Article

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