Repercussions of castration and vasectomy on the ductal system of the rat ventral prostate

Cell Biology International

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-174

  Pereira, S ^a,c   Martinez, M ^b   Martinez, F E ^c   Mello Jr , W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Castration; Cell proliferation; Vasectomy; Ventral prostate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PROSTATE VENTRAL LOBE; RAT; SECRETORY CELL; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 32944468168     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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