Synchrotron radiation (SR) X-ray has significant potential for applications in medical imaging and cancer treatment. However, the mechanisms underlying SR X-ray-induced tissue damage remain unclear. Previous studies on regular X-ray-induced tissue damage have suggested that dose-rate could affect radiation damage. Because SR X-ray has exceedingly high dose-rate compared to regular X-ray, it rem...

Splenogonadal fusion is a rare congenital malformation whereby the splenic tissue is found attached or surrounded by the testis, and presents in both continuous and discontinuous forms. Splenogonadal fusion may be misinterpreted as a primary malignant testicular or an adenomatoid tumor. Knowledge about the existence of such an entity is essential in order to preserve the testis during surgical ...

SCOPE The present study was designed to examine the damage caused by high-fat diet and streptozotocin-induced diabetes on the testis of rats and the effects of curcumin against oxidative stress and apoptosis from high-fat diet and diabetes. METHODS Diabetes was induced by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (30 mg/kg in 0.1 M sodium citrate buffer, pH 4.5) in obese rats. The rats in t...

Field crickets (family Gryllidae) frequently are used in studies of behavioral genetics, sexual selection, and sexual conflict, but there have been no studies of transcriptomic differences among different tissue types. We evaluated transcriptome variation among testis, accessory gland, and the remaining whole-body preparations from males of the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus. Non-normali...

Macroscopic and microscopic study of the testis after vasectomy and ligation of vasefferentia of testis in adult male albino rats. a b c d Original Article Vasectomy Fertility Adult male albino rats Sexual potency The present study is done to reassess the effects of ligation of excurrent duct system of testis at different levels in adult male albino rats and to study the long term effects of va...

background: acyclovir (acv), a synthetic purine nucleoside analogue, is known to be toxic to gonads. objective: the current study evaluated cytotoxicity of acv on histopathological changes in testis tissue and serum testosterone and lipid peroxidation concentrations of male rats. materials and methods: animals were divided into five groups. one group served as control and one group served as co...

background: trifluralin is a herbicide and used in agriculture widely. it enters plants through developing roots and stops plant cells from division and elongation (meristemic inhibitor). extensive application of trifluralin to control annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in agriculture, horticulture and horn garden, leads to environmental pollution and its entrance into the food chain could have...

PURPOSE Microdissection testicular sperm extraction has replaced conventional testis biopsies for men with nonobstructive azoospermia and it has become first line treatment. The current problem is that the decision to retrieve tubules is based only on appearance and there is no guarantee that the tubules removed contain sperm. Multiphoton microscopy enables label-free immediate visualization of...

Testicular torsion/detorsion causes severe tissue damage due to ischemia/reperfusion injury. The present study investigated the protective effect of erythropoietin and sildenafil against ischemia/reperfusion injury following unilateral testicular torsion/detorsion in adult rats. A total of 28 adult male rats were included, and were divided into the following groups: Group A (n=5), sham operated...