Effect of alcohol on the rat juxtaprostatic pelvic ganglia and gonads.
In the present paper, it was investigated the aspect of the intrapelvic autonomic neuronal system (juxtaprostatic ganglion) and gonads of rats submitted to a experimental alcoholism. The animals which had water substituted for 35% sugar cane spirit for 30 d, presented testicular lesions as well as numeric and degenerative alterations in the juxtaprostatic pelvic ganglia neurons.
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Department of Morphology, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences of Jaboticabal, UNESP, Brazil.
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D000437:Alcoholism / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000633:toxicity*; D005725:Ganglia, Autonomic / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology
D000431:Ethanol