A comparative study of the effect of diet and soda carbonated drinks on the histology of the cerebellum of adult female albino Wistar rats

African Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-545

  Eluwa, M A ^a   Inyangmme, I I ^a   Akpantah, A O ^a   Ekanem, T B ^a   Ekong, Moses B ^b   Asuquo, O R ^a   Nwakanma, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^c ANAMBRA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Carbonated drink; Cerebellum; Diet soda; Regular soda; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

ASPARTAME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASKET CELL; BRAIN SPONGIOSIS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DIET; DIET SODA; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; STELLATE CELL; WHITE MATTER; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

CARBONATED DRINK; CEREBELLUM; DIET SODA; REGULAR SODA; WISTAR RATS;

ANIMALS; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; CEREBELLUM; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84883670942     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v13i3.1     Document Type: Article

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