Testes of obese rats are highly responsive to n-3 long-chain fatty acids

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1005-1012

  Suh, Miyoung ^a   Merrells, Krystal J ^a   Dick, Amy ^a   Taylor, Carla G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DPA; n 3 Fatty acids; Obesity; Sperm morphology; Testes; Underdeveloped testes

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROSTATE; RAT; REPRODUCTION; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TESTIS; ZUCKER RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GENOTYPE; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 84856404131     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511001292     Document Type: Article

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