Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Alcohol Drinking / blood
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Alcohol Drinking / pathology*
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Animals
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Central Nervous System Depressants / administration & dosage
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Central Nervous System Depressants / toxicity*
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Epithelium / drug effects
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Epithelium / ultrastructure
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Ethanol / administration & dosage
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Ethanol / toxicity*
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone / blood
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Luteinizing Hormone / blood
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Male
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Microscopy, Electron
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Rats
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Rats, Wistar
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Testosterone / blood
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Vas Deferens / drug effects*
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Vas Deferens / ultrastructure
Substances
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Central Nervous System Depressants
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Ethanol
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Testosterone
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Luteinizing Hormone
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Follicle Stimulating Hormone