The role of ghrelin on the morphometry and intracellular changes in the rat testis

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-111

  Kheradmand, A ^a   Roshangar, L ^b   Taati, M ^a  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Morphometry; Rat; Stereology; Testis

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL TYPE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GERM LAYER; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MALE; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGONIUM; STEREOLOGY; TESTIS CELL; THICKNESS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 60749105018     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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