Opioid system manipulation during testicular development: results on sperm production and sertoli cells population = Manipulação do sistema opioidérgico durante o desenvolvimento testicular: consequência sobre a produção espermática e a população de células de sertoli

The Sertoli cell has fundamental importance to the development andmaintenance of spermatogenesis, as well as it has a directly proportional numerical relationship to sperm production. The proliferative period of this cell in rats occurs between 13 days pre-natal and 21 days pos-natal, when is establ...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Mafra Cajú, Gian Carlo D'Angelo Queiroz, Sandra Maria Torres, Bruno Mendes Tenório, Valdemiro Amaro Silva Júnior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2011-04-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/5940/5940A