Evidence for the innervation of sperm storage tubules in the oviduct of the turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Reproduction

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 809-814

  Freedman, S L ^a   Akuffo, V G ^b   Bakst, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; F ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHALLOIDIN; TETANUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GANGLION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MYOMETRIUM; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OVIDUCT; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPERM; TURKEY (BIRD); UTERINE TUBE MUCOSA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0035008275     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1210809     Document Type: Article

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