1. Histological and histomorphometric studies on the cerebellar cortex and silver stained nucleolus organizer regions of Purkinje neurons in chronic morphine-treated rats
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Ahmet Salbacak, İlhami Çelik, Muzaffer Şeker, and Selçuk Üniversitesi
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0301 basic medicine ,Pathology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,General Veterinary ,Nucleolus ,morphine ,Biology ,Purkinje neurone ,Rat Cerebellum ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cerebellar cortex ,Morphine ,medicine ,030101 anatomy & morphology ,rat cerebellum ,Morphine analgesia ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,medicine.drug - Abstract
WOS: 000425136100006, The effects of chronic morphine administration on the rat cerebellum and silver stained nucleolus organizer regions in Purkinje cells were investigated by means of histological, histochemical and histometrical techniques. Thirty-two young (30-32 days of age) Wistar rats (equal numbers of both genders) were randomly divided into 2 groups, as control and morphine-treated, each having equal numbers of both genders, a total of 16 animals. The control animals were injected subcutaneously with 1mL/kg physiological saline, and the morphine-treated rats received 5 mg/kg morphine hydrochloride subcutaneously at daily intervals for 30 days. The thickness of the molecular and granular layers of the cerebellum, the diameters of the nuclei and nucleoli of cerebellar Purkinje neurones, and the number and size of the silver staining nucleolus organizer regions of the Purkinje cell nuclei were determined histomorphometrically. The morphine administration caused slight histological changes in the cerebellum. The molecular layer thickness of the cerebellum was significantly (P
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- 2018
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