Obesity associated pathophysiological & histological changes in WNIN obese mutant rats

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 330-340

  Harishankar, Nemani ^a   Kumar, Putcha Uday ^b   Sesikeran, Boindala ^b   Giridharan, Nappanveettil ^a  

^a National Centre for Laboratory Animal Sciences   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Fat cell; Glomerular necrosis; Hepatomegaly; Hyperplasia of adipocytes; Insulin resistance; Islet density

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORGAN WEIGHT; OVARY; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RAT; TESTIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; BREEDING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; INSULIN; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 80054721917     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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