Effect of superior cervical ganglionectomy on the ultrastructure of pinealocytes in the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus): Quantitative study

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 443-446

  Karasek, Michal ^a   Zielinska, Anna ^a   Marek, Krystyna ^a   Swietoslawski, Jacek ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pineal gland; Pinealocyte; Superior cervical ganglia; Sympathectomy; Ultrastucture

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BRAIN METABOLISM; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LYSOSOME; MICROCOMPUTER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PINEALOCYTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; SYMPATHECTOMY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; SYNAPSE; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0036819834     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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