Castration of sexually immature rats affects sympathetic innervation of the adult thymus

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 59-67

  Leposavić, Gordana ^a   Ugrešić, Nenad ^b   Pejčić Karapetrović, Branka ^a   Mićić, Mileva ^a  

^a Immunology Research Center Belgrade   (Yugoslavia)

^b Institute of Bromatology   (Yugoslavia)

Author keywords

Catecholamine content; Orchidectomy; Rat thymus; Serotonin content; Sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; THYMUS;

EID: 1642633621     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026421     Document Type: Article

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