Embryonic development of the bovine pineal gland (Bos taurus) during prenatal life (30 to 135 days of gestation)

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1093-1103

  Regodón Mena, Sergio ^a   Roncero, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine; Development; Embryos; Ontogenesis; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPENDYMA; EPITHELIUM; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; STROMA CELL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 27144500729     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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