An alternative pathway for clearance of dead lactotropes from rat pituitary gland

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 645-649

  Aoki, A ^a   Orgenero de Gaisan, E ^a   Pasolli, H A ^a   Torres, A I ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ablactation; Adenohypophysis; Cell death; Lactotrope

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INVOLUTION; LACTATION; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

EID: 0030476218     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(96)80068-1     Document Type: Article

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