Prosomatostatin and somatostatin in pig pineal gland. An immunohistochemical study

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-76

  Przybylska Gornowicz, B ^a   Lewczuk, B ^a   Moller M ^b  

^a UNIV OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Pig; Pineal gland; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; PROSOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN REGION; FEMALE; HABENULA; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032903796     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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