Basilar artery of the capybara (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris): An ultrastructural study

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-89

  Islam, S ^a   Ribeiro, A A C M ^a,b   Loesch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MATURATION; MONOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RODENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPECIES COMPARISON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BASILAR ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842506519     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2003.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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