Ultrastructural and hormonal modulations of the thyroid gland following arecoline treatment in albino mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Dasgupta, Romi ^a   Chatterji, Urmi ^a   Nag, T C ^b   Chaudhuri Sengupta, Santasri ^a   Nag, Debabrata ^c   Maiti, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c GIDSR   (India)

Author keywords

Arecoline; Atropine; Mice; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARECOLINE; LIOTHYRONINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

ALBINISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARECOLINE; ATROPINE; CELL SIZE; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; THYROID GLAND; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 77249153124     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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