Morphologic and histoenzymologic analysis of effect of electrical fields at 17 khz on testis and testis appendages in mice

Methods of quantitative morphological and histochemical assay were used to study effects of 9-month electrical exposure (f = 17 kHz, E = 100 kW/m2 for 1 or 4 hrs, 5 d/w) on testis and testis appendages in mice. Exposure in electromagnetic field gave rise to desquamation of spermatogenic epithelial layers in the seminiferous tubes, reduction of the number of testosterone-producing cells, microcirculatory changes, metabolic rearrangements, principally compensatory by nature and aimed to maintain spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. Results of the experiment suggest accelerated reproductive ageing.