Three-dimensional cytoarchitecture of rat pulmonary venous walls: A light and scanning electron microscopic study

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 198, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 473-480

  Hashizume, Hiroya ^a   Tango, Masuo ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac muscle; Light microscopy; Pulmonary vein; Scanning electron microscopy; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGENASE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VENULE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; COLLAGENASES; HYDROXIDES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUNG; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCARDIUM; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; PULMONARY VEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031793088     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050197     Document Type: Article

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