Structure of the ovine pineal gland during prenatal development

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 229-239

  Regodón, Sergio ^a   Franco, Antonio ^a   Masot, Javier ^a   Redondo, Eloy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Pineal gland; Prenatal development; Sheep; Structure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; PINEAL GLAND; SHEEP; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032430149     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00392.x     Document Type: Article

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