Age-dependent morphometrical changes in the thymus of male propranolol-treated rats

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-147

  Plećaš Solarović, Bosiljka ^a   Lalić, Ljubica ^a   Leposavić, Gordana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Propranolol; Rat thymus; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NORADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; AGE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; INVOLUTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANOGENESIS; PREPUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEREOLOGY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1942502889     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(04)80028-1     Document Type: Article

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