Application of Sholl analysis to quantify changes in growth and development in rat mammary gland whole mounts

Reproductive Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages 129-135

  Stanko, Jason P ^a   Easterling, Michael R ^b   Fenton, Suzanne E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Developmental; Endocrine disruptors; Mammary gland; Reproductive; Rodent; Sholl analysis; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; BREAST DENSITY; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLAND; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SHOLL ANALYSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; AGE; ANIMAL; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UDDER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84941315030     PISSN: 08906238     EISSN: 18731708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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