ACTH cells of pituitary pars distalis of viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus): Immunohistochemical study in relation to season, sex, and growth

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 217-225

  Filippa, Verónica ^a   Mohamed, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ACTH cells; Growth; Immunohistochemistry; Lagostomus maximus maximus; Pituitary gland; Season; Sex

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; MELATONIN; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMATURITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAGOSTOMUS MAXIMUS MAXIMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; STELLATE CELL; STRESS; VISCACHA; WINTER; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

EID: 33745294257     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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