Morphology of the vas deferens in an ethanol-drinking strain of rats (UChA and UChB).

Autor: Rissato JH; Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biosciences, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, Brazil., Ietsugu MV, Almeida CC, Pinheiro PF, Segatelli TM, Martinez M, Padovani CR, Júnior WM, Quitete VH, Martinez FE
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of submicroscopic cytology and pathology [J Submicrosc Cytol Pathol] 2003 Jul; Vol. 35 (3), pp. 331-41.
Abstrakt: Chronic alcoholism alters reproduction and therefore may be responsible for alterations of vas deferens, which are the subject of this analysis in UCh ethanol-drinking rats. The proximal and distal segments of the vas deferens of 20 animals were submitted to macroscopic, light microscopy, electron microscopy and morphometric analysis. The UCh rats showed atrophy of the epithelium of the vas deferens and alterations of the hypothalamus-pituitary axis. Ethanol induces changes in the epithelium of the vas deferens and hypothalamus-pituitary axis of UCh rats.
Databáze: MEDLINE