Cell proliferation and tumor formation induced by eserine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, in rat mammary gland

Oncology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-33

  Calaf, Gloria M ^a,b   Parra, E ^c   Garrido, F ^d  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TARAPACÁ   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor; Eserine; Mammary gland

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL NEOPLASM; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UDDER;

ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; PHYSOSTIGMINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34547423639     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.17.1.25     Document Type: Article

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