Development of the gubernaculum during testicular descent in the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 294, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1249-1260

  Nation, T R ^a,b   Buraundi, S ^a   Farmer, P J ^a   Balic, A ^a,b   Newgreen, D ^a   Southwell, B R ^a,b   Hutson, J M ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genitofemoral nerve; Gubernaculum; Histology; Mammary bud; Rat; Testicular descent

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CREMASTER MUSCLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; LIMB BUD; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCROTUM; TESTIS DESCENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ABDOMINAL MUSCLES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FETUS; INGUINAL CANAL; LIGAMENTS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCROTUM; TESTIS;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 79959253382     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21393     Document Type: Article

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