Immunocytochemical localization of melatonin in the Harderian gland of Syrian hamster

Anatomical Record

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-16

  Coto Montes, Ana M ^a   Rodríguez Colunga, María J ^a   Tolivia, Delio ^a,b   Menéndez Peláez, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Harderian gland; Immunocytochemistry; Melatonin; Nuclear receptors; Syrian hamster

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; EPOXY RESIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HARDER GLAND; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICTITATING MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; HARDERIAN GLAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; MESOCRICETUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0029925750     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199605)245:1<13::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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