Ultrastructure of the endolymphatic sac in the larva of the Japanese red-bellied newt Cynops pyrrhogaster

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 549-559

  Gao, Wenyuan ^a   Wiederhold, Michael ^a   Hejl, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endolymphatic sac; Fluid transport; Newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster (Urodela); Otoconia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LARVA; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY; MICROVILLUS; NEWT; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NASA DISCIPLINE NEUROSCIENCE; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SALAMANDRIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA RIVULARIS;

EID: 0031905390     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051024     Document Type: Article

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