Quantifying branching density in rat mammary gland whole-mounts using the sholl analysis method

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2017, Issue 125, 2017, Pages

  Stanko, Jason P ^a   Fenton, Suzanne E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Issue 125; Mammary gland; Rat model; Reproductive; Sholl analysis; Toxicology; Whole mount

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UDDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 85024405664     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/55789     Document Type: Article

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