Development of the caudal neurosecretory system of the Nile tilapia Oreochromis Niloticus: An immunohistochemical and electron microscopic study

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 209-218

  Cioni, Carla ^a   Francia, Nadia ^a   Greco, Alessandra ^a   De Vito, Luana ^a   Bordieri, Loredana ^a   Crosetti, Donatella ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caudal neurosecretory system; Development; Immunohistochemistry; Tilapia; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NEUROSECRETION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TILAPIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OVIS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0034141577     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200002)243:2<209::AID-JMOR9>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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