Female house mice develop a unique ovarian lesion in colonies that are at maximum population density (44555)

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 80-90

  Chapman, John C ^a   Christian, John J ^a   Pawlikowski, Mary Ann ^a   Yasukawa, Norie ^a   Michael, Sandra D ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEOLYSIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THYMUS; UTERUS WEIGHT;

AGGRESSION; AMYLOID; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARIAN DISEASES; OVARY; POPULATION DENSITY; PYELONEPHRITIS; REPRODUCTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UTERUS;

EID: 0033799236     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1373.2000.22510.x     Document Type: Article

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