Cerebellar parameters in developing 15 day old rat pups treated with propylthiouracil in comparison with 5 and 24 day old

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 322-326

  Mwangi, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROXINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 0035542165     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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