Morphological and functional studies of the paracrine interaction between cortex and medulla in the adrenal gland

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 520-533

  Bornstein, Stefan R ^a   Ehrhart Bornstein, Monika ^a   Scherbaum, Werner A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

catecholamines; electron microscopy; histochemistry; regulatory peptides; steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTEXES; CORTICAL CELLS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMO PITUITARY ADRENALS; PARACRINE INTERACTIONS; REGULATORY PEPTIDE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

TISSUE;

ADRENALIN; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

EID: 0030922728     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19970315)36:6<520::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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