Ultrastructural aspects concerning the hypothalamus-pituitary complex reactivity following chronic administration of aspartame in juvenile rats

Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiintele Vietii

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Puicǎ, Constantin ^a   Crǎciun, Constantin ^b   Rusu, Mircea ^a   Cristescu, Mihai ^c   Borsa, Maria ^a   Roman, Ioana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aspartame; Complex; Hypothalamus; Juvenile rats; Pituitary; Rabbits; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS;

EID: 73849141781     PISSN: 15842363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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