Intercellular communication within the rat anterior pituitary: XIV electron microscopic and immunohistochemical study on the relationship between the agranular cells and GnRH neurons in the dorsal pars tuberalis of the pituitary gland

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1388-1398

  Shirasawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Sakuma, Eisuke ^b   Wada, Ikuo ^b   Naito, Akira ^a   Horiuchi, Osamu ^b   Mabuchi, Yoshio ^b   Kanai, Miharu ^b   Herbert, Damon C ^c   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Dorsal pars tuberalis; Neuroendocrine; Rat

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

CLUPEIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 35948990868     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20596     Document Type: Article

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