Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Serotonin-Immunoreactive Photoreceptors in the Pineal Organ of the River Lamprey, Lampetra japonica

NeuroSignals

Volumn 6, Issue 4-6, 1997, Pages 184-190

  Tamotsu, Satoshi ^a   Samejima, Michikazu ^a   Suzuki, Norio ^b   Morita, Yukitomo ^a  

^a Department of Physiology ^*  (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lamprey; Parapineal organ; Pineal organ; Serotonin immunoreactive photoreceptor; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LAMPREY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREYS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE NET; PHOTORECEPTORS; PINEAL GLAND; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; LAMPETRA AYRESII; LETHENTERON JAPONICUM; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 0031435003     PISSN: 1424862X     EISSN: 14248638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109128     Document Type: Article

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