Morphologic aspects of paracrine interactions between endocrine and folliculostellate cells in the rat adenohypophysis

Applied Immunohistochemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-149

  Console G M ^a   Jurado, S B ^b   Gomez Dumm C L A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Endocrine cells; Folliculostellate cells; Paracrine mechanisms

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DESMOSOME; ENDOCRINE CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 2442720645     PISSN: 10623345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00022744-199906000-00007     Document Type: Article

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