Gamma aminobutyric acid immunoreactivity in the mouse adrenal gland during postnatal development

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-382

  Iwasa, Kenji ^a   Oomori, Yukio ^b   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031742236     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.373     Document Type: Article

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