Morphological and morphometric studies on liver in rats subjected to repetitive heat stress

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 106, Issue JULY, 1997, Pages 20-26

  Sharma, R K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Degeneration regeneration; Heat stress; Liver; Morphology; Morphometry; Rat

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT STRESS; HUMIDITY; IMMUNE STATUS; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; KUPFFER CELLS; LIVER; MALE; RATS;

EID: 0030746589     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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