Morphometric Analysis of the Developing Rat Brain

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 157-163

  Duffell, Stephen J ^a   Soames, Anthony R ^a   Gunby, Sarah ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental neurotoxicity; morphometrics; rat; regulatory guidelines; stereology

Indexed keywords

TRIMETHYLTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIMETHYLTIN COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033964353     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019262330002800120     Document Type: Article

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