Regional differences in the pineal gland of the cotton rat, Sigmodon hispidus: Light microscopic, electron microscopic, and immunohistochemical observations

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-137

  Sakai, Yuko ^a   Hira, Yoshiki ^a   Matsushima, Shoji ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Cotton rat; Pineal gland; Regional differences; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CAPILLARY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PINEAL BODY; SIGMODONTINAE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CAPILLARIES; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROGLIA; PINEAL GLAND; SIGMODONTINAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030118335     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1996.tb00248.x     Document Type: Article

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