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Effects of exposure to static magnetic fields on the morphology and morphometry of mouse epididymal sperm

✍ Scribed by Lourdes Tablado; Francisco Pérez-Sánchez; Javier Núñez; Manuel Núñez; Carles Soler

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
142 KB
Volume
19
Category
Article
ISSN
0197-8462

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✦ Synopsis

Morphologic and morphometric sperm characteristics of mouse epididymal extracts from animals exposed to static magnetic fields were evaluated. For this purpose, animals were exposed for 35 days to a field of 0.7 T generated by a commercial permanent magnet for either 1 or 24 h per day. The values of morphometric parameters were obtained using the morphometric module of the Sperm Class Analyzer computerized image analysis system, and percentages of abnormalities were calculated. The size of sperm heads was unaffected by exposure to static magnetic fields. Lack of hook was a sperm head abnormality found significantly more frequently in animals exposed continually than in nonexposed animals, showing a possible alteration to the spermatogenic process after exposure to static magnetic fields. The percentage of sperm with coiled tails or of sperm with abnormal midpiece or tail was not altered by exposure.

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