Seasonal changes of the Leydig cells of viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus). A light and electron microscopy study

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 119-128

  Munoz, E ^a   Fogal, T ^a   Dominguez, S ^a   Scardapane, L ^a   Guzman, J ^a   Piezzi, R S ^a  

^a Instituto de Histologia y Embriologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Lagostomus maximus maximus; Leydig cells; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MELATONIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL JUNCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRIOLE; DENSE BODY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; INVOLUTION; LEYDIG CELL; LYSOSOME; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031043240     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-8166(97)80078-X     Document Type: Article

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