Vitamin E modifies the ultrastructure of testis and epididymis in mice exposed to lead intoxication

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 272-277

  Fahim, Mohamed A ^a   Tariq, Saeed ^a   Adeghate, Ernest ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Electron microscopy; Epididymis; Lead; Spermatozoa; Testis; Toxicology; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; LEAD ACETATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; LEAD POISONING; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATID; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STEREOCILIUM; TESTIS CELL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; EPIDIDYMIS; LEAD POISONING; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; TESTIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN E;

MUS;

EID: 84876695849     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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