Blood-tissue barriers in the male reproductive tract of the dog: A morphological study using lanthanum nitrate as an electron-opaque tracer

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 162-169

  Mann, Mireille Cambrosio ^a   Friess, Armin E ^a   Stoffel, Michael H ^a,b  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blood epididymis barrier; Blood testis barrier; Dog; Intercellular space; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

LANTHANUM; TRACER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CELL JUNCTION; DOG; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDIDYMIS; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE EPITHELIUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; DOGS; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LANTHANUM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERFUSION; SERTOLI CELLS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0141534129     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072719     Document Type: Article

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