Diet-induced obesity in rats leads to a decrease in sperm motility

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Fernandez, Carla D B ^a,b   Bellentani, Fernanda F ^b   Fernandes, Glaura S A ^a,b   Perobelli, Juliana E ^a,b   Favareto, Ana Paula A ^a,b   Nascimento, André F ^b   Cicogna, Antonio C ^b   Kempinas, Wilma D G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENITAL SYSTEM; LIPID DIET; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGAN WEIGHT; PARENCHYMA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FAT INTAKE; MALE INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS; ESTRADIOL; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERM MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 79952467370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-32     Document Type: Article

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