Corticotropin-releasing hormone-like axons in the adrenal glands of fetal and postnatal sheep

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 87-90

  Pomerantz, Julie E ^a   Li, Cun ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^a   McDonald, Thomas J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Immunocytochemistry; Splanchnic nerve

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPLANCHNIC NERVE;

EID: 0030578202     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(96)00011-2     Document Type: Article

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