Effects of maternal oral administration of morphine sulfate on developing rat fetal cerebrum: A morphometrical evaluation

Brain Research

Volumn 1245, Issue , 2008, Pages 36-40

  Sadraie, Seyed Homayoon ^a   Kaka, Gholam Reza ^a   Sahraei, Hedayat ^a   Dashtnavard, Hosein ^a   Bahadoran, Hosein ^a   Mofid, Mahmood ^a   Nasab, Hossein Mahdavi ^a   Jafari, Fatemeh ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Development; Fetus; Morphine; Rat

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FRONTAL CORTEX; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THICKNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 56049091233     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.09.052     Document Type: Article

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