Immunohistochemical and tracer studies of macrophages/microglia in the pineal gland of postnatal rats

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-144

  Kaur, C ^a   Wu, C H ^b   Ling, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Macrophages microglia; Pineal gland; Pinealocytes; Postnatal rats; Tracer studies

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; FLUORESCENT DYE; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; PINEAL BODY; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RHODAMINES;

EID: 0031115123     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1997.tb00315.x     Document Type: Article

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