Testicular spermiation failure in rats exposed prenatally to 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 757-765

  Wakui, Shin ^a,c   Muto, Tomoko ^b   Motohashi, Masaya ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuko ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiko ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^c   Hano, Hiroshi ^c  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHEMICALS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

PCB126; Prenatal; Rat; Spermatid; Spermiation; Testis

Indexed keywords

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS TAIL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GESTATION PERIOD; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PUBERTY; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTICULAR SPERMIATION FAILURE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

RATTUS;

EID: 77958070981     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.35.757     Document Type: Article

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