Morphometrical and intracellular changes in rat ovaries following chronic administration of ghrelin

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 311-317

  Kheradmand, A ^a   Roshangar, L ^b   Taati, M ^a   Sirotkin, A V ^c  

^a LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Morphometry; Ovary; Rat

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULOSA CELL; LUTEAL CELL; LYSOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; RAT; THECA CELL; WISTAR RAT; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GHRELIN; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 70049087380     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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