Postnatal exposure to sodium arsenite (NaAsO2) induces long lasting effects in rat testes

Toxicology International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-222

  Kaushal, Parul ^a   Dhar, Pushpa ^a   Shivaprasad, Somesh Meludurga ^b   Mehra, Raj D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Postnatal period; Seminiferous tubules; Sodium arsenite; Spermatozoa; Testis

Indexed keywords

ARSENITE SODIUM; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MANNITOL; PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPOSURE; IMMERSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STAINING; TESTIS; TESTIS ATROPHY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84862976368     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.97225     Document Type: Article

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