Rat pinealectomy. A modified direct visual approach

Acta Cirurgica Brasileira

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-324

  Maganhin, Carla Cristina ^a   Simões, Ricardo Santos ^d   Fuchs, Luiz Fernando Portugal ^d   Oliveira Filho, Ricardo Martins ^b   Simões, Manuel De Jesus ^a   Neto, Joaquim Evêncio ^c   Baracat, Edmund Chada ^b   Soares Jr , José Maria ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Genitalia, female; Melatonin; Pineal gland; Rats; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; SINUS VENOSUS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 69949129418     PISSN: 01028650     EISSN: 16782674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-86502009000400013     Document Type: Article

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