A new approach to three-dimensional reconstructed imaging of hormone- secreting cells and their microvessel environments in rat pituitary glands by confocal laser scanning microscopy

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 569-577

  Itoh, J ^a   Kawai, K ^a   Serizawa, A ^a   Yasumura, K ^b   Ogawa, K ^b   Osamura, R Y ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NKK Applied Technology Research Ctr   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D analysis; ACTH; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; FITC conjugated gelatin injection histochemistry immunohistochemistry; Hormone secreting endocrine cells; Microvessel environments; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE CELL; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0034127662     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215540004800414     Document Type: Article

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