Lithium affects histogenesis of embryonic chick retina

Toxicology International

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-157

  Ramchandran, H ^a   Rajadhyaksha, Medha S ^a  

^a Sophia College for Women   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chick embryo; Lithium; p27; Retinal cell proliferation; Retinal histogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; LITHIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MITOSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84862985976     PISSN: 09716580     EISSN: 09765131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.97215     Document Type: Article

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