Nitric oxide mediated effects on reproductive toxicity caused by carbon disulfide in male rats

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 679-687

  Huang, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhou, Yijun ^a   Ma, Jiying ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^a   Ji, Jiajia ^a   Ding, Qing ^a   Chen, Guoyuan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon disulfide; Hypothalamus pituitary gonad axis; Nitric oxide; Reproductive toxicity; Sex hormones; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DISULFIDE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CARBON DISULFIDE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PITUITARY GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84871789836     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: 18727077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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