Numerical density of cardiac myocytes in aged rats fed a cholesterol-rich diet and a canola oil diet (n-3 fatty acid rich)

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 434, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 451-453

  Águila, Márcia Barbosa ^a,b   Mandarim de Lacerda, Carlos Alberto ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNI RIO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholesterol; Myocardium; n fatty acid; Stereology

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

EID: 0032979842     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280050365     Document Type: Article

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