Mammosomatotrophs develop within mammotroph clusters in bovine adenohypophysis

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 499-504

  Sato, T ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^a   Matsuzaki, M ^b   Satoh, T ^a   Suzuki, A ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine adenohypophysis; Distribution; Generation; Immunocytochemistry; Mammosomatotrophs; Mirror sections

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BREAST CELL; CATTLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0032711422     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.1999.0051     Document Type: Article

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