Sympathetic innervation of the amphibian spleen: Developmental studies in Xenopus laevis

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Kinney, Kevin S ^a,b   Felten, Suzanne Y ^a   Cohen, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Frog; Metamorphosis; Neural immune interactions; Norepinephrine; Spleen; Sympathetic nervous system innervation; Tadpole; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

GLYOXYLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; SODIUM PERCHLORATE; SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TADPOLE; THYMECTOMY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029873644     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0145-305X(95)00036-S     Document Type: Article

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