Tanycytes and pituicytes: Morphological and functional aspects of neuroglial interaction

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-42

  Wittkowski, Werner ^a,b  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neuroglial interaction; Neurohypophysis; Pituicytes; Tanycytes

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HORMONES; NEURONS;

BARRIERS FUNCTIONS; CELL TYPES; FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS; GLIAL CELLS; HYPOTHALAMIC NEURON; MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; NEUROGLIAL INTERACTION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PITUICYTE; TANYCYTES;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ARGIPRESSIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ENKEPHALIN; GONADORELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INTERACTION; GLIA CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANYCYTE;

EID: 0032054157     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980401)41:1<29::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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