Long slender cytoplasmic extensions: A common feature of neuroendocrine cells?

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 739-742

  Hauso, Øyvind ^a,b   Gustafsson, B I ^a,b   Waldum, H L ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic extensions; D cell; G cell; Morphology; Neuroendocrine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CYTOPLASM; GASTRIN CELL; INTESTINE CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSTATIN CELL; STOMACH PARIETAL CELL; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN CELLS; ENTEROCHROMAFFIN-LIKE CELLS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 34548570435     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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