Neonatal Estrogen Exposure of Male Rats Alters Reproductive Functions at Adulthood1
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Permanent Effects of Neonatal Estrogen Exposure in Rats on Reproductive Hormone Levels, Sertoli Cell Number, and the Efficiency of Spermatogenesis in Adulthood1.
This study aimed to identify the mechanism(s) for impairment of spermatogenesis in adulthood in rats treated neonatally with estrogens. Rats were treated (days 2-12) with 10, 1, or 0.1 microg diethylstilbestrol (DES), 10 microg ethinyl estradiol (EE), 10 mg/kg of a GnRH antagonist (GnRHa), or vehicle and killed in adulthood. DES/EE caused dose-dependent reductions in testis weight, total germ c...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biology of Reproduction
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0006-3363,1529-7268
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.102.010637