The effects of swimming exercise and supraphysiological doses of nandrolone decanoate on the testis in adult male rats: A transmission electron microscope study

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 138-146

  Naraghi, M A ^a   Abolhasani, F ^a   Kashani, I ^a   Anarkooli, I J ^b   Hemadi, M ^c   Azami, A ^a   Barbarestani, M ^a   Aitken, R J ^d   Shokri, S ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exercise; Nandrolone decanoate; Testis; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NANDROLONE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SWIMMING; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANDROLONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERTOLI CELLS; SWIMMING; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MYOIDA; RATTUS;

EID: 77955975417     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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