Sequential Changes in the Harderian Gland of Rats Exposed to High Intensity Light

Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-76

  Kurisu, Kazunobu ^a,b   Sawamoto, Osamu ^b   Watanabe, Hiromitsu ^a   Ito, Akihiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARDER GLAND; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HARDERIAN GLAND; HEMOLYSIS; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NECROSIS; PHOTOLYSIS; PORPHYRINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029969667     PISSN: 00236764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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