Changes of estrous cycles with aging in female F344/N rats

Experimental Animals

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-148

  Sone, Keiko ^a   Yamamoto Sawamura, Takako ^a   Kuwahara, Sachi ^a,b   Nishijima, Kazutoshi ^a   Ohno, Tamio ^c   Aoyama, Hiroaki ^d   Tanaka, Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging animal model; Aging change; Estrous cycles; F344 N; Reproductive lifespan

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOLOGY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; KERATINOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCTION; TIME; VAGINA SMEAR;

AGING; ANIMALS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEXUAL MATURATION; UTERUS; VAGINA; VAGINAL SMEARS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 34248182471     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.56.139     Document Type: Article

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