Open AccessMORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES OF TESTIS TISSUES IN INBRED MALE WHITE RATS UNDER THE EFFECT OF ACUTE IMMOBILIZATION STRESS
Author(s) -
К. А. Кидун,
R. V. Doroshenko,
Т. С. Угольник
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
problemy zdorovʹâ i èkologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-6011
pISSN - 2220-0967
DOI - 10.51523/2708-6011.2013-10-3-20
Subject(s) - germinal epithelium , necrosis , seminiferous tubule , medicine , endocrinology , biology , adult male , andrology , spermatogenesis , sertoli cell
The present work showed negative effect of acute immobilization stress on the morphology of the rats` testis. The study was conducted in 22 sexually mature male albino rats (per 11 animals in the experimental and control groups). The rats of the experimental group were subjected to three-hour acute immobilization stress. The animals of the experimental group had degenerative changes in the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules until the development of focal necrosis. Also, the rats, exposed to stress, revealed a statistically significant reduction in the diameter of the seminiferous tubules and germinal layer thickness.