An ultrastructural and cytochemical study of the mesonephros of Rana esculenta during activity and hibernation

European Journal of Morphology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-121

  Fenoglio, C ^a   Vaccarone, R ^a   Chiari, P ^a   Gervaso, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cytochemistry; frog; hibernation; mesonephros

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FROG; HIBERNATION; MALE; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

4-NITROPHENYLPHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUBULES, COLLECTING; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; MESONEPHROS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; RANA ESCULENTA; SEASONS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0029928916     PISSN: 09243860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ejom.34.2.107.13017     Document Type: Article

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