Effects of immobilization stress on kidneys of Wistar male rats: A morphometrical and stereological analysis

Kidney and Blood Pressure Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 424-429

  Benchimol De Souza, Diogo ^a   Silva, Dilson ^a   Marinho Costa Silva, Camila ^a   Barcellos Sampaio, Francisco José ^a   Silva Costa, Waldemar ^a   Martins Cortez, Célia ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Kidney injury; Nephron number; Renal morphology; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GLOMERULUS; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY MASS; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79959538401     PISSN: 14204096     EISSN: 14230143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328331     Document Type: Article

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