Alterations in the digestive gland and shell of the snail Helix aspersa Muller (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) after prolonged starvation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-17

  Porcel, D ^a   Bueno, J D ^a   Almendros, Antonio ^b,c  

^a Microscopy Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cell types and ion balance; digestive gland; dormancy; Helix aspersa; hepatopancreas; shell; snail; starvation; weight loss

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELIX ASPERSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030248091     PISSN: 03009629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(95)02069-1     Document Type: Article

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