Acceleration of sperm transit time and reduction of sperm reserves in the epididymis of rats exposed to sibutramine

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 718-724

  Bellentani, Fernanda F ^a   Fernandes, Glaura S A ^b   Perobelli, Juliana E ^b   Pacini, Enio S A ^a   Kiguti, Luiz R A ^a   Pupo, André S ^a   de Grava Kempinas, Wilma ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Male rats; Sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; SIBUTRAMINE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDIDYMIS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; CYCLOBUTANES; EPIDIDYMIS; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 80455168306     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013466     Document Type: Article

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