Expression of sonic hedgehog regulates morphological changes of rat developing cerebellum in hypothyroidism

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-477

  Hasebe, Miki ^a,b   Ohta, Etsuko ^b   Imagawa, Tomohiro ^a,c   Uehara, Masato ^a,c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BANYU PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bax; Cerebellum; Development; Hypothyroidism; Reelin; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P15; REELIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ERINACEIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 55949097136     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.33.473     Document Type: Article

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