A combined immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study of the second cell type in the developing sheep pineal gland

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 130-136

  Franco, Antonio ^a   Regodon, Sergio ^a   Masot, Antonio J ^a   Redondo, Eloy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemical; Pineal gland; Second cell type; Sheep; Ultrastructural

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIA; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PINEAL BODY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROGLIA; PINEAL GLAND; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0031113623     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00314.x     Document Type: Article

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