The effect of fasting and refeeding on thyroid follicule structure and thyroid hormone levels in young and old rats

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-175

  Kmieć, Zbigniew ^a   Kotlarz, Grazyna ^a   Śmiechowska, Barbara ^a   Myśliwski, Andrzej ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fasting; Rat; Refeeding; Thyroid hormones; Thyroid morphometry

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REFEEDING; THYROID FOLLICLE; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031900779     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(97)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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