Age-dependent changes in the pigeon bursa of Fabricius vasculature: A comparative study using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy of vessel casts

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-398

  Abbate, Franco ^a   Pfarrer, Christiane ^b   Jones, Carolyn J P ^c   Ciriaco, Emilia ^a   Germanà, Giovanni ^a   Leiser, Rudolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bursa Fabricii; Corrosion casts; Evolution; Histology; Involution; Maturity; Pigeon; Vasculature

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; LECTIN;

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURSA FABRICII; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LECTIN BINDING; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PIGEON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BURSA OF FABRICIUS; CAPILLARIES; COLORING AGENTS; COLUMBIDAE; CORROSION CASTING; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS;

COLUMBA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 34548531225     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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