The therapeutic effect of a pulsed electromagnetic field on the reproductive patterns of male Wistar rats exposed to a 2.45-ghz microwave field

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Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1237-1245

  Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Kesari, Kavindra Kumar ^a   Behari, Jitendra ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Caspases; Creatine kinase; Infertility; Microwave; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CASPASE 3; CREATINE KINASE; MELATONIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; MAGNETOTHERAPY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TESTIS; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASPASE 3; CREATINE KINASE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY; MALE; MELATONIN; MICROWAVES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052164404     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000700020     Document Type: Article

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