Ganglion cells in the posterior pituitary: Result of ectopia or transdifferentiation?

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 106-110

  Horvath, Eva ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Tran, Ami ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopia; Ganglion cell; Immunohistochemistry; Posterior pituitary; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GANGLIA; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; NEURONS; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR;

EID: 0034078989     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010051200     Document Type: Article

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