Melatonin prevents testicular damage in hyperlipidaemic mice

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 230-236

  Zhang, K ^a,b   Lv, Z ^a   Jia, X ^a   Huang, D ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Hyperlipidaemia; Testis; TUNEL; Ultrastructural study

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GERM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; TESTIS INJURY; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TESTIS;

EID: 84858283791     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2012.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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