Abstract
Rats eight or 17 days old were exposed to doses of 50, 150, 300 or 500 R whole body X irradiation. Half of each group of animals received AET before irradiation. The study after 200 days has shown:
1. the weight of the testes is determined by X-ray dose, by the age at the time of irradiation and by the injection of AET ;
2. the percentage of tubules without germ cells and the average number of spermatocytes per tubule are altered by high doses of X rays, while the average diameter of the tubules is not changed by irradiation ;
3. testicular damage in rats irradiated during infancy cannot be evaluated in terms of testes weight only and during a certain time interval there is no correlation between fertility, structural changes and weight.
1. the weight of the testes is determined by X-ray dose, by the age at the time of irradiation and by the injection of AET ;
2. the percentage of tubules without germ cells and the average number of spermatocytes per tubule are altered by high doses of X rays, while the average diameter of the tubules is not changed by irradiation ;
3. testicular damage in rats irradiated during infancy cannot be evaluated in terms of testes weight only and during a certain time interval there is no correlation between fertility, structural changes and weight.
| Original language | English |
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| Publisher | SCK CEN |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| State | Published - Dec 1963 |
Publication series
| Name | SCK CEN Reports |
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| Publisher | SCK CEN |
| No. | BLG-312 |