Effect of restraint stress on 2,3,7,8 tetrachloro dibenzo-p-dioxin induced testicular and epididymal toxicity in rats

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 567-578

  Dhanabalan, S ^a   Jubendradass, R ^a   Latha, P ^a   Mathur, P P ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

epididymis; oxidative stress; restraint stress; steroidogenesis; TCDD; testis

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CATALASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY WEIGHT; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDIDYMIS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79959756730     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327110376548     Document Type: Article

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