Morphological and histochemical peculiarities of the gut in the white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-145

  Domeneghini, C ^a   Arrighi, S ^a   Radaelli, G ^b   Bosi, G ^a   Mascarello, F ^b  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Caliciform cells; Enteric nervous system; Gut; Histochemistry; Morphology; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; RECTUM; STOMACH; STOMACH ANTRUM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FISHES; INTESTINES; PYLORIC ANTRUM; RECTUM; STOMACH;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032784137     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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