Quantitative ultrastructural changes of hepatocyte constituents in euthermic, hibernating and arousing dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 397-405

  Malatesta, M ^a   Zancanaro, C ^b   Baldelli, B ^a   Gazzanelli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic inclusions; Cytoplasmic organelles; Hepatocyte; Hibernation; Muscardinus avellanarius; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; LIPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLYCOGEN ANALYSIS; GOLGI COMPLEX; HIBERNATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS; MYOXIDAE;

EID: 0036907697     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040816602000745     Document Type: Article

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