Bi-phasic allometric growth of the small intestine, cecum and the proximal, middle, and distal colon of rats (Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1764) before and after weaning

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 897-902

  Sakata, T ^a   Setoyama, H ^b  

^a ISHINOMAKI SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Allometry; Development; Length; Mass; Sex; Suckling; Weaning; Weight

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BODY GROWTH; CECUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE; SUCKLING; TISSUE GROWTH; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BODY WEIGHT; CECUM; COLON; FEMALE; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

EID: 0031279820     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9629(97)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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