Specific distribution pattern of nerve fibers containing catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes, neropeptide Y (NPY) and C-terminal flanking peptide of NPY (CPON) in the pineal gland of the chinchilla (Chinchilla laniger) - An immunohistochemical study

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-200

  Nowicki, Marcin ^a   Wojtkiewicz, Joanna ^a   Seremak, Beata ^b   Sulik, Magorzata ^b   Ostaszewski, Jacek ^c   Lewczuk, Bogdan ^a   Majewski, Mariusz ^a   Przybylska Gornowicz, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Small Animal Clinic   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adrenergic; Chinchilla; Immunohistochemistry; Innervation; Peptidergic; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BIOTIN; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y CARBOXY TERMINAL FLANKING PEPTIDE; PEROXIDASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CHINCHILLA; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PINEAL BODY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TISSUE PERFUSION;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; CHINCHILLIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0242720494     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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