Antiapoptotic effect of l-carnitine on testicular irradiation in rats

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Topcu Tarladacalisir, Yeter ^a   Parlar, Sule ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Germ cell apoptosis; Irradiation; L Carnitine; Rat; Testicular toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GAMMA RADIATION; GERM CELL; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LAMINA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; SCROTUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CARNITINE; CHROMATIN; GAMMA RAYS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCROTUM; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 77955927534     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-010-9267-5     Document Type: Article

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