Correction: Chronic exposure to mining-contaminated borehole water impairs the entire male reproductive axis: partial mitigation by alpha-lipoic acid in Wistar rats

There was a mistake in the captions of Figures 2, 3, and 4 as published. The annotation keys for the hypothalamic, pituitary, and testicular photomicrographs were omitted. In addition, a production comment was incorporated into the published caption of Figure 4. The figures themselves are unchanged. The corrected captions appear below.

There was a mistake in the caption of Figure 2 as published. The annotation keys were omitted. The corrected caption of Figure 2 appears below.

“Figure 2 | Representative photomicrographs of the hypothalamus from the experimental groups: (A) Control, (B) Heavy Metal + Recovery, (C) ALA Only, (D) Post-Treatment, and (E) Pre-Treatment. H&E stain; ×400. Scale bar = 50 μm. Arrow, neuronal degeneration; arrowhead, cytoplasmic vacuolation.”

There was a mistake in the caption of Figure 3 as published. The annotation keys were omitted. The corrected caption of Figure 3 appears below.

“Figure 3 | Representative photomicrographs of the pituitary gland from the experimental groups: (A) Control, (B) Heavy Metal + Recovery, (C) ALA Only, (D) Post-Treatment, and (E) Pre-Treatment. H&E stain; ×400. Scale bar = 50 μm. Hollow arrow, reduced cellular density; green arrowhead, intercellular oedema; dark circle, densely packed endocrine cells; blue arrow, basophils; arrow, cellular degeneration; black arrowhead, vacuolation.”

There was a mistake in the caption of Figure 4 as published. The annotation keys were omitted, and a production comment was added to the caption. The corrected caption of Figure 4 appears below.

“Figure 4 | Representative photomicrographs of the testes from the experimental groups: (A) Control, (B) Heavy Metal + Recovery, (C) ALA Only, (D) Post-Treatment, and (E) Pre-Treatment. H&E stain; ×400. Scale bar = 50 μm. Black block, degeneration of seminiferous tubules; hollow star, loss of germinal epithelium; white arrowhead, cytoplasmic vacuolation; yellow arrowhead, interstitial tissue changes.”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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