Peptidergic peripheral nervous systems in the mammalian pineal gland

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 265-280

  Matsushima, Shoji ^a   Sakai, Yuko ^a   Hira, Yoshiki ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Superior cervical ganglion; Sympathetic nerve fiber; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; MAMMALS; NEURONS; PEPTIDES;

IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PINEAL GLAND; SUBSTANCE-P; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE FIBER; SYMPATHETIC NERVES; SYNAPSE; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE;

FIBERS;

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033200374     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990815/01)46:4/5<265::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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