Immunocytochemical observations of the pineal organ and retina of the Antarctic teleosts Pagothenia borchgrevinki and Trematomus bernacchii

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-130

  Meyer Rochow, V B ^a   Morita, Y ^b   Tamotsu, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SEIREI CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPSIN; PINEAL GLAND; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; PAGOTHENIA BORCHGREVINKI; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; TREMATOMUS BERNACCHII; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033383606     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007024222758     Document Type: Article

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