UDK: 546.46:616.69 – 092.4

STUDY OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND SPERMATOGENESIS IN MALE RATS WITH EXPERIMENTAL MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY

A. Yu. Getmanenko, L. I. Bugaeva, A. A. Spasov, S. A. Lebedeva, E. A. Kuzubova, M. S. Maltsev

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, Научно-исследовательский институт фармакологии

Abstract

Sexual motivation and state of spermatogenesis in male rats with experimentally induced alimentary deficiency of magnesium have been studied. An increase in the level of proceptive and reducing of receptive sexual motivation in the hypomagnesemic state. It was noted an increased number of degenerative and immobile forms of spermatozoa, as well as degenerative processes in the epithelium of the seminiferous tubules (inhibition of meiotic activity, growth in the number of tubules with desquamated epithelium) and decreased spermatogenesis index.

Keywords

magnesium deficiency, reproductive function, sexual behavior, spermatogenesis.

Contacts

Спасов Александр Алексеевич — д. м. н., профессор, академик РАН, заслуженный деятель науки РФ, заведующий кафедрой фармакологии, Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, e-mail: aspasov@mail.ru