Comparison of postnatal lung growth and development between C3H/HeJ and C57BL/6J mice

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1577-1583

  Soutiere, Shawn E ^a,c   Mitzner, Wayne ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar septation; Alveolar size; Mean linear intercept; Neonate; Respiratory mechanics

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS WALL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG STRUCTURE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 33646394575     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00809.2005     Document Type: Article

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