Effects of repeated exposures to xenon on rat adrenal cortex ultrastructure

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-334

  Natale, G ^a   Giunta, F ^a   Forfori, F ^a   Pellegrini, A ^a   Ferrari, E ^a   Del Turco, M ^a   Lazzeri, G ^a   Paparelli, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Anaesthesia; Corticosterone; Electron microscopy; Rat; Xenon

Indexed keywords

LIPID; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; XENON; CORTICOSTERONE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREATH ANALYSIS; CAGE; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXPOSURE; GAS ANALYSIS; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SHAM FEEDING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CORTICOSTERONE; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, SMOOTH; MALE; NITROUS OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; XENON;

EID: 0036652157     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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