[Morphologic and histoenzymologic analysis of effect of electrical fields at 17 khz on testis and testis appendages in mice].
Methods of quantitative morphological and histochemical assay were used to study effects of 9-month electrical exposure (f = 17 kHz, E = 100 kW/m2 for 1 or 4 hrs, 5 d/w) on testis and testis appendages in mice. Exposure in electromagnetic field gave rise to desquamation of spermatogenic epithelial layers in the seminiferous tubes, reduction of the number of testosterone-producing cells, microcirculatory changes, metabolic rearrangements, principally compensatory by nature and aimed to maintain spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. Results of the experiment suggest accelerated reproductive ageing.
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000528:radiation effects; D000818:Animals; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D012098:Reproduction / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000528:radiation effects*; D013737:Testis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*
Morfologicheskiĭ i gistoénzimologicheskiĭ analiz vliianiia élektricheskogo polia chastotoĭ 17 kGts na semenniki i pridatki semennikov mysheĭ.