Regulation of synaptic ribbons in rat pineal gland explants by norepinephrine and sympathetic neurons in a co-culture model

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 59-66

  McNulty, John A ^a   Madsen, Torsten M ^b   Tsai, Shih Yen ^a   Fox, Linda M ^a   Tonder, Niels ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Co culture; Norepinephrine; Pineal gland; Rat (Wistar, Sprague Dawley); Sympathetic ganglia; Synaptic ribbon

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030025621     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050512     Document Type: Article

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