Histomorphogenesis and immunohistochemical study of the bovine pineal gland (Bos taurus) during prenatal development (160 days of gestation to birth)

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 21, Issue 10-12, 2006, Pages 1043-1053

  Regodón Mena, Sergio ^a   Pozo, D ^b   Roncero, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bovine; Development; Histomorphogenesis; Immunohistochemical; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; ONTOGENY; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PINEALOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

BOS TAURUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PINEAL GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746677611     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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