Annual variations of the NPYergic innervation of the pineal gland in the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus): A quantitative immunohistochemical study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-431

  Moller M ^a   Masson Pevet M ^b   Pevet P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Annual variation; Colocalization; Cricetus cricetus (Rodentia); Sympathetic innervation; Testosterone; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GANGLIONECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PINEAL GLAND; SEASONS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TESTOSTERONE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; CRICETUS CRICETUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031881411     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051012     Document Type: Article

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