Astroglial elements in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of the golden hamster and the rat - Comparative morphological study using immunocytochemistry

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-102

  Inoue, Keisuke ^a   Tamada, Yoshitaka ^b   Munekawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Hayashi, Seiji ^a   Iijima, Norio ^a   Ishihara, Akihiko ^c   Ikeda, Teru ^a   Tanaka, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GFAP; Golden hamster; Rat; Retinohypothalamic tract; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034071733     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.33.95     Document Type: Article

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