A morphometric study of the adrenal cortex of the female DDD mouse

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-187

  Tsujio, Masashi ^a   Mizorogi, Toshihiro ^a   Nishijima, Kazutoshi ^b   Kuwahara, Sachi ^a,c   Aoyama, Hiroaki ^d   Ohno, Tamio ^e   Tanaka, Shin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Age; DDD mouse; Reproduction; X zone morphology

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LACTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

MUS;

EID: 62549127288     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.71.183     Document Type: Article

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