Anatomical features for an adequate choice of experimental animal model in biomedicine: II. Small laboratory rodents, rabbit, and pig

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue , 2016, Pages 11-28

  Lossi, Laura ^a   D'Angelo, Livia ^b   De Girolamo, Paolo ^b   Merighi, Adalberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Histology; Models; Pig; Rabbit; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; APPLIED RESEARCH; BIOMEDICINE; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GUINEA PIG; MODEL; RABBIT; RODENT; SPECIES; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GERBIL; HAMSTER; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; PIG; PROCEDURES; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CRICETINAE; GERBILLINAE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MICE; RABBITS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

EID: 84958629901     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: 16180402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2015.10.002     Document Type: Review

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