Allometry of postnatal rat brain development prenatally exposed to aspirin

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1212-1218

  Al Qaisi, Khalid ^a   Elkarmi, Ali ^a   Qoneis, Esam ^a   Tahtamouni, Lubna ^a   Abu Samak, Mahmoud ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Allometri analysis; NSAID; Postnatal development; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745798383     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1212.1218     Document Type: Article

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