The mouse pubic symphysis as a remodeling system: Morphometrical analysis of proliferation and cell death during pregnancy, partus and postpartum

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Veridiano, A M ^a   Garcia, E A ^a   Pinheiro, M C ^b   Nishimori, F Y ^a   Toledo, O M S ^b   Joazeiro, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Cellular death; Mouse (Swiss, female); Pregnancy; Pubic symphysis; Tissue remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BONE REMODELING; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; PUBIC SYMPHYSIS;

MUS; PARUS;

EID: 34548767155     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0463-x     Document Type: Article

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