Immunohistochemical localization of substance P in the pineal gland of the domestic pig

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 85-90

  Przybylska Gornowicz, Barbara ^a   Lewczuk, Bogdan ^a   Møller, Morten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Development; Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Pig; Pineal gland; Substance P

Indexed keywords

RABBIT ANTISERUM; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 0034114267     PISSN: 00155586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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