Synaptoid contacts between gland cells of the anterior pituitary of the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-184

  Liu, Ying Ying ^a   Ju, Gong ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Electron microscopy; Rat; Synaptoid contact

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0031805935     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199806)251:2<181::AID-AR5>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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