Testicular Development in Cynomolgus Monkeys

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 935-942

  Haruyama, Emiko ^a,b   Suda, Masakazu ^a   Ayukawa, Yuki ^a   Kamura, Koshiro ^a   Mizutamari, Megumi ^a   Ooshima, Yojiro ^a   Tanimoto, Akihide ^b  

^a SHIN NIPPON BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cynomolgus monkey; nonhuman primate; sexual maturity; testicular development; toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; GERM CELL; HAPLORHINI; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS WEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84865966046     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192623312444619     Document Type: Article

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