Ovarian, uterine and brain mast cells in female rats: Cyclic changes and contribution to tissue histamine

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-262

  Aydin, Yasemin ^a   Tunçel, Neşe ^a   Gürer, Firdevs ^a   Tunçel, Muzaffer ^b   Koşar, Müberra ^b   Oflaz, Gül ^c  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Brain; Estrus cycle; Gonadotrophins; Mast cell; Ovary; Tissue histamine; Uterus

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; HISTAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; UTERUS;

EID: 0032071185     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)00027-0     Document Type: Article

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