Alveoli increase in number but not size from birth to adulthood in rhesus monkeys

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hyde, Dallas M ^a   Blozis, Shelley A ^a,b   Avdalovic, Mark V ^a,c   Putney, Lei F ^a   Dettorre, Rachel ^a   Quesenberry, Nathanial J ^a   Singh, Paramjit ^a   Tyler, Nancy K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar ducts; Parenchyma; Postnatal development; Stereology

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548414520     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00467.2006     Document Type: Article

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