Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 9 , Pages 1661-1669 , December 2010

Undernutrition during foetal to prepubertal life affects aquaporin 9 but not aquaporins 1 and 2 expression in the male genital tract of adult rats

  • S. Arrighi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, Laboratory of Anatomy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39.0250315741; fax: +39.0250315771
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  • M. Aralla

      Affiliations

    • Department of Veterinary Sciences and Technologies for Food Safety, Laboratory of Anatomy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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  • P. Genovese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphology and Development, Veterinary Faculty, University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
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  • N. Picabea

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphology and Development, Veterinary Faculty, University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay
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  • A. Bielli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphology and Development, Veterinary Faculty, University of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay

Received 9 March 2010 ,Revised 23 June 2010 ,Accepted 29 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.06.039

Theriogenology
Volume 74, Issue 9 , Pages 1661-1669 , December 2010

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