The morphological markers of moonphasal changes in rats’ organs
Abstract
In order to verify the lunasensor theory of brain aging presumptive functionally related morphological markers sensitive to the changes of the moon phases were selected in the model experiment on rats using methods of quantitative light microscopy. Histological evidences of the ability of morphological markers to change some of its properties in various phases of the moon were obtained.
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A. V. Gerasimov
Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander Vladimirovitch Gerasimov – MD, Assistant Professor, Professor of Histology, Embryology and Cytology Department
Yakutsk
V. P. Kostyuchenko
Siberian State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vitta Petrovna Kostjuchenko – PhD in Medicine, Senior Lecturer of Histology, Embryology and Cytology Department
Yakutsk
D. K. Garmaeva
Medical Institution of M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Darima Kyshektovna Garmaeva - MD, Professor of Department of Normal and Abnormal Anatomy, Operative Surgery withTopographic Anatomy and forensic
Yakutsk
S. A. Fedorova
Institute of Natural Sciences of the M.K. Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University; Yakut Research Centre of Complex Medical Problems SB RAMS
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Sardana Arkadievna Fedorova – PhD (Biology), Head of the Molecular Biology Research Laboratory; Head of Molecular Genetic Laboratory
Yakutsk
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Gerasimov A.V., Kostyuchenko V.P., Garmaeva D.K., Fedorova S.A. The morphological markers of moonphasal changes in rats’ organs. Yakut Medical Journal. 2014;(1):13-16.
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