Effects of partial decerebration and hypophyseal allograft in the thymus of chicken embryos: Thymostimulin localization and enzymatic activities

European Journal of Histochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Aita, Mariangela ^a   Romano, N ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chicken thymus; Histoenzymology; Hypophyseal allograft; Hypophysectomy; Thymostimulin

Indexed keywords

THYMOSTIMULIN; ENZYME; THYMUS EXTRACT;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECEREBRATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THYMUS; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ENZYMES; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PITUITARY GLAND; THYMUS EXTRACTS; THYMUS GLAND; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33745000988     PISSN: 1121760X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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