Quantitative light microscopic study on the heterogeneity in the superficial pineal gland of the rat

Anatomical Record

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 80-94

  Hira, Yoshiki ^a   Sakai, Yuko ^a   Matsushima, Shoji ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Pineal gland; Regional difference; Sympathetic innervation; Vascurarity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031964753     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199801)250:1<80::AID-AR8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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