Testicular microvascularization in the common tree shrew (Tupaia glis) as revealed by vascular corrosion cast/SEM and by TEM

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 226-233

  Pradidarcheep, W ^a   Kongstaponkit, S ^a   Waraklang, P ^a   Chunhabundit, P ^b   Somana, R ^a  

^a Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Microcirculation; Scanning electron microscope; Testis; Transmission electron microscope; Vascular cast

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARITY; CELLS; CORROSION; CYTOLOGY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAMMALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANGIOARCHITECTURE; LEYDIG CELLS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; VASCULAR CAST;

MICROCIRCULATION;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; INSECTIVORE; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS; TESTIS BLOOD FLOW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MYOXUS; PRIMATES; TUPAIA GLIS;

EID: 0032143626     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980801)42:3<226::AID-JEMT7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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