An immunohistochemical study of vasoactive intestinal peptide and neuropeptide Y in the sheep pineal gland during prenatal development

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 205-210

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neuropeptide Y; Pineal gland; Sheep; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GANGLION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SHEEP; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0037367856     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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