Effects of exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields on spermatogenesis in adult rats

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-69

  Duan, Weixia ^a   Liu, Chuan ^a   Wu, Hongjuan ^b   Chen, Chunhai ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Gao, Peng ^a   Luo, Xue ^a   Yu, Zhengping ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Extremely low frequency magnetic fields; Meiosis I; Oxidative stress; Seminiferous epithelium; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELL DEATH; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

BODY MASS; CELL APOPTOSIS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; GERM CELLS; MEIOSIS I; POTENTIAL RISKS; SEMINIFEROUS EPITHELIUM; SERUM TESTOSTERONE; SPERM COUNTS; SPERMATOGENESIS;

RATS;

RATTUS;

TESTOSTERONE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEIOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RANDOMIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TESTIS; TUNEL ASSAY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; EPIDIDYMIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MALE; MEIOSIS; ORGAN SIZE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897065086     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: 1521186X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.21816     Document Type: Article

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