Quantitative study of the effects of morphine on the mouse spleen and inguinal lymph node

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-300

  Vojdani, Zahra ^a   Dehghani, Farzaneh ^b   Seyedi, Fatemeh ^a   Noorafshan, Ali ^b   Bagi, Faegheh Bahaaldin ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inguinal lymph node; Morphine; Spleen; Stereology

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; JUMPING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; SPLEEN; STEREOLOGY; TREMOR; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77955489655     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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