Artigo
Morphology of the vas deferens in an ethanol-drinking strain of rats (UChA and UChB)
Fecha
2003-07-01Registro en:
Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology, v. 35, n. 3, p. 331-341, 2003.
1122-9497
2-s2.0-2442661387
8727897080522289
1739564105219382
Autor
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Resumen
Chronic alcoholism alters reproduction and therefore may be responsible for alterations of vas deferens, which are the subject of this analysis in UCh ethanol-drinking rats. The proximal and distal segments of the vas deferens of 20 animals were submitted to macroscopic, light microscopy, electron microscopy and morphometric analysis. The UCh rats showed atrophy of the epithelium of the vas deferens and alterations of the hypothalamus-pituitary axis. Ethanol induces changes in the epithelium of the vas deferens and hypothalamus-pituitary axis of UCh rats.