The Effect of Cardiac Arrest on the Blood‐Testis Barrier to Albumin, Tumor Necrosis Factor‐Alpha, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide, Sucrose, and Verapamil in the Mouse
HIDEKATSU MIZUSHIMA,
YOSHINORI NAKAMURA,
HIROAKI MATSUMOTO
et al.
Abstract:Impotence commonly occurs after events such as acute myocardial infarction, coronary bypass, head trauma, and cerebral bleeding, including subarachnoid hemorrhage. We hypothesize that the hypoxia accompanying these events could damage the blood‐testis barrier (BTB) and so cause testicular dysfunction, a possible cause of impotence. We examined the effect of cardiac arrest in mice on testis weight and various aspects of BTB function. Testis weight was decreased by about 24% 12 hours after cardiac arrest but had… Show more
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