Ultrastructural changes in the chick thymus following unilateral vagotomy

Anatomical Record

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 261-270

  Gulati, Punam ^a   Tay, Samuel Sam Wah ^a   Leong, Seng Kee ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Axon; Chick; Cystic; Degeneration; Myoid; Thymus; Ultrastructure; Vagotomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CHICKEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THYMUS; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHICKENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; THYMUS GLAND; VAGOTOMY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYOIDEA;

EID: 0033168051     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(19990701)255:3<261::AID-AR3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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