Prolactin-like immunoreactivity in the granules of neural complex cells in the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-71

  Terakado, K ^a   Ogawa, M ^a   Inoue, K ^a   Yamamoto, K ^b   Kikuyama, S ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral ganglion; Dorsal strand; Granulated cells; Halocynthia roretzi (Tunicata); Immunoelectron microscopy; Neural complex; Pituitary gland; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BRAIN GANGLION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY GRANULE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; GANGLIA; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PROLACTIN; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0030981522     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050852     Document Type: Article

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