Morphometric analysis of the phrenic nerve in male and female Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 583-591

  Rodrigues, A R ^a   Ferreira, R S ^a   Salgado, H C ^a   Fazan, V P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Morphometry; Phrenic nerve; Sexual dimorphism; Spontaneously hypertensive rats; Wistar Kyoto rats

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCHWANN CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79958786804     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2011007500053     Document Type: Article

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