Effects of Galanin on the proliferative activity of immature rat adrenal gland, as investigated by metaphase-arrest and PCNA-immunostaining techniques

Biomedical Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 133-136

  Ziolkowska, Agnieska ^a   Belloni, Anna S ^b   Hochól, Anna ^a   Trejter, Marcin ^a   Nussdorfer, Gastone G ^b   Malendowicz, Ludwik K ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; GALANIN;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; TISSUE GROWTH; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21544475004     PISSN: 03886107     EISSN: 1880313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.22.133     Document Type: Article

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