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Fig. 6 | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Fig. 6

From: Attenuation of sleep deprivation dependent deterioration in male fertility parameters by vitamin C

Fig. 6

Vitamin C preserves testicular structure in sleep deprived rats. a Representative photomicrograph of Hx & E stained testis sections from control group showing normal oriented regular shaped seminiferous tubules with different stages of spermatogenesis, thin basement membrane (arrow) and interstitial spaces showing thin walled blood vessels (X 200). b Representative photomicrograph of Hx & E stained testis sections from sleep deprived group showing multiple seminiferous tubules with abnormal morphology of spermatogonia (arrows), shrunken nucleus and vacuolated cytoplasm), occasional apoptotic cells and very few late spermatids. Thick walled blood vessels can be seen in interstitial spaces (X 200). c Representative photomicrograph of Hx & E stained testis sections from sleep deprived + vitamin C treated group showing seminiferous tubules lined by multiple layers of spermatogonia and spermatocytes, with early and late spermatids filling the lumen(X 200). (Number of rats = 10/group)

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