An ultrastructural study of goblet cells in rat nasal mucosa as revealed by the quick-freezing method

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 651-659

  Shimomura, Shinichi ^a   Hisamatsu, Kenichi ^a   Fujii, Yasuhisa ^a   Ohno, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasal epithelium; Quick freezing; Secretory granules

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZE ETCHING; GOBLET CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EPITHELIUM; FREEZE ETCHING; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NASAL MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE P; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0030035679     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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