Alcohol and the male reproductive system - In this Issue

Alcohol Research & Health,  Winter, 2001  

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Alcohol use affects the three key players in the body's reproductive system-the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the gonads (e.g., the testes). Alcohol use is associated with low testosterone and altered levels of additional reproductive hormones. Drs. Mary Ann Emanuele and Nicholas Emanuele describe alcohol's effects on the male reproductive system and review several potential mechanisms for alcohol's damage.

Those mechanisms are related to alcohol metabolism, alcohol-related cell damage, and other hormonal reactions associated with alcohol consumption. The authors also describe new strategies for preventing or reversing alcohol's harmful effects on the reproductive system and review research in male rats on the effects of chronic alcohol use on reproductive health and on the health of their offspring. (pp. 282-287)

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