The total length of myocytes and capillaries, and total number of myocyte nuclei in the rat heart are time-dependently increased by growth hormone

Growth Hormone and IGF Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 256-264

  Brüel, Annemarie ^a   Oxlund, Hans ^a   Nyengaard, Jens R ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Capillaries; Cardiac myocytes; Growth hormone; Stereology

Indexed keywords

DRUG VEHICLE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL COUNT; CELL GROWTH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SIZE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAPILLARIES; CELL NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; HEART VENTRICLES; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23244465655     PISSN: 10966374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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