Immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization of pinealocytes in sheep prenatal development

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 535-544

  Redondo, E ^a   Masot, A J ^a   Franco, A ^a   Regodon, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neuron; Non neuron enolase; Pineal gland; Prenatal development; Sheep; Specific enolase; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035385042     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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