The electron microscopic morphology of the common carotid artery in rats

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-235

  Pinto, Yigal M ^a   Pinto, Sara Joan ^a   Paul, Martin ^a   Merker, Hans Joachim ^b,c  

^a Clinical Pharmacology   (Netherlands)

^b Inst F Klin Pharmakol Toxikol   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common carotid artery; Electron microscopy; Tannic acid fixation

Indexed keywords

TANNIN;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTIMA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0031811927     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80078-2     Document Type: Article

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