The aim of this study was to gain insight into the quality of life (QoL) and stress response of female spouses of men cured of testicular cancer in the long-term. Time since treatment completion varied from 0.5 to 23.8 years. Two hundred and fifty nine testicular cancer survivors and their spouses completed the Dutch version of the MOS Short Form (SF)-36 and the Impact of Event Scale. QoL data ...

OBJECTIVE To study the incidence of testicular and epididymal appendages in patients with cryptorchidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS We studied 65 patients with cryptorchidism, totalizing 83 testes and 40 patients who had prostate adenocarcinoma and hydrocele (control group), totalizing 55 testes. The following situations were analyzed: I) absence of testicular and epididymal appendages, II) prese...

A testicular feed back on the hypothalamo-pituitary system was studied in male rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) after bilateral castration and steroid or testicular supplementation. Experiments were carried out at various periods of the spermatogenetic cycle ; in March-April (resting stage), June (initiation of spermatogenesis), October (end of spermatogenesis and before spermiation), and Decemb...

Besides the well-known function of thyroid hormones (THs) for regulating metabolism, it has recently been discovered that THs are also involved in testicular development in mammalian and non-mammalian species. THs, in combination with follicle stimulating hormone, lead to androgen synthesis in Danio rerio, which results in the onset of spermatogenesis in the testis, potentially relating the hyp...

Nesfatin-1 is an important molecule in the regulation of reproduction. However, its role in the reproductive axis in male animals remains to be understood. Here, we found that nesfatin-1 was mainly distributed in the arcuate nucleus (ARC), paraventricular nucleus (PVN), periventricular nucleus (PeN), and lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) of the hypothalamus; adenohypophysis and Leydig cells in ma...

Many wild species exhibit seasonal cycles of testicular and adrenal functions suggesting important interrelationships between the two. However, data on desert rodents are very scarce. We investigated the pituitary adrenal (PA) axis activity of the Libyan jird from the Sahara desert, during the breeding and the non-breeding seasons. We explored, during the breeding season, the effects induced by...

Testicular torsion is a well-known urological emergency most common in the paediatric population; however, testicular not all-or-none phenomenon and can be of complete or partial intermittent types. Intermittent rare misdiagnosed even population. adults less reported may considered differential diagnosis acute pain, leading to misdiagnosis.

background use of medicinal plants with high antioxidant properties could be effective to increase fertility and improvement of disorders such as hormonal imbalance, impotency, oligospermia and immotile sperm. celery (apium graveolens) is rich in antioxidant agents. the leaf and stems of celery contain phenols, furanocoumarin and luteolin. apigenin is one of the main flavonoids of celery leaf. ...