Intergranule fusion in rat pars intermedia cells

Image Analysis and Stereology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-85

  Košmelj, Katarina ^a   Cedilnik, Anton ^a   Veranič, Peter ^b   Zupančič, Gregor ^c   Rupnik, Marjan ^c   Kocmur Bobanović, Laura ^c   Zorec, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Intergranule fusion; Melanotrophs; Probabilistic model; Rat; Secretory granules; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846287346     PISSN: 15803139     EISSN: 18545165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5566/ias.v20.p79-85     Document Type: Article

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