Effects of laparotomy, cage type, gestation period and spaceflight on abdominal muscles of pregnant rodents

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 252-264

  Fejtek, Monika ^a   Wassersug, Richard ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MANNED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SHORT DURATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STS-70 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-70 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAPAROTOMY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS; SPACE FLIGHT; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMALIA; RECTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033178398     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990801)284:3<252::AID-JEZ2>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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