The magnocellular neurosecretory system of the hamster hypothalamus: An ultrastructural and morphometric study during lifetime

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-161

  Navarro, Ana ^a   Tolivia, Jorge ^a   Alvarez Uría, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Electron microscopy; Hamster; Hypothalamus; Stereology

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; HAMSTER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS;

EID: 0030788956     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(97)00052-3     Document Type: Article

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