Severing the ventral funiculus in chronic spinal cord injury has the most deteriorating effect on spermatogenesis in rats

Sexual dysfunction, following spinal cord injury (SCI), is highly dependent on the extent of injury. SCI disrupts the supraspinal innervation of the reproductive organs; resulting in structural and functional deficits. Relating the extent of SCI to these changes could eventually improve diagnoses and treatment planning of sexual dysfunction following SCI. In the present study, following chronic SCI of different severities (1/3 dorsal SCI (1/3 SCI), 2/3 dorsal SCI (2/3 SCI), and complete transection (Tx)) at T8 spinal level, histological changes of seminiferous tubules parameters in testis were examined.

Source: Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical - January 16, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Ezidin G. Kaddumi, Samya A. Omoush, Dalal A. Shuqair, Wesam Abdel-Razaq, Hakam H. Alkhateeb, Reem A. Kanaan Source Type: research