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Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Medicine
Department of Urology

Bornman, MS

MBChB, DSc (Fisiologie)(Pret); MD (UV); DSc - Professor

NRF Rating: C1

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 354 1281
Fax number: 012 354 2500
E-mail address: mbornman@medic.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Combined effects of p-nonylphenol and phyto-oestrogen treatment (in utero and through adulthood) on testicular function

Reproductive toxicology

Male infertility and contraception

Endocrine disruptors

The ageing male

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Kilian E, Delport R, Bornman MS, de Jager C: 2007. Simultaneous exposure to low concentrations of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, deltamethrin, nonylphenol and phytoestrogens has negative effects on the reproductive parameters in male Spraque-Dawley rats. Andrologia, 39, pp 128-135, Full Text

Bornman MS, Pretorius E, Marx J, Smit E, van der Merwe CF: 2007. Ultrastructural effects of DDT, DDD, and DDE on neural cells of the chicken embryo model. Environmental Toxicology, 22, pp 328-336.

Aneck-Hahn NH, Schulenburg G, Bornman MS, Farias P, De Jager C: 2007. Impaired semen quality associated with environmental DDT exposure in young men living in a malaria area in the Limpopo Province, South Africa. Journal of Andrology, 28 (3) / May/Jun, pp 423-434.

Dikobe AM, van Staden CW, Reif S, Bornman MS: 2007. Deficient testosterone levels in men above 45 years with major depressive disorder - an age-matched case control study. South African Journal of Psychiatry, 13 (3) / Aug, pp 96-100, Full Text

Bornman MS, Reif S: 2007. Serum testosterone levels in South African men and the onset of androgen decline in aging males. South African Journal of Surgery, 45 (2) / May, pp 62-64, Full Text

McClusky LM, de Jager C, Bornman MS: 2007. Stage-related increase in the proportion of apoptotic germ cells and alterned frequencies of stages in the spermatogenic cycle following gestational, lactational and direct exposure of male rats to p-nonylphenol. Toxicological Sciences, 95 (1), pp 249-256, Full Text

Research and technical/policy output for clients:

Bornman MS, Van Vuren JHJ, Bouwman H, de Jager C, Genthe B, Barnhoorn IEJ: Technical Report: 2007. Application of chemical and biological assays and sentinel species for measuring EDC activity and the potential health risk in the Rietvlei Nature Reserve (RNR). For: Water Reseach Commission Project K5/1505.

Barnhoorn IEJ, Bornman MS, Van Vuren JHJ, Bouwman H, de Jager C, Genthe B: Technical Report: 2007. The use of sentinal species to determine the Endocrine Disruptive activity in an urban nature reserve. For: WRC.

 

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