Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural evidence of adrenal chromaffin cell subtypes in sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-122

  Abelli, L ^a   Gallo, V P ^b   Civinini, A ^b   Mastrolia, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029958778     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0052     Document Type: Article

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