Anatomy and cytology of the thymus in juvenile Australian lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 784-797

  Mohammad, M G ^a   Chilmonczyk, S ^b   Birch, D ^a   Aladaileh, S ^a   Raftos, D ^a   Joss, Jean ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Australian lungfish; Electron microscopy; Hassall's corpuscles; Histology; Myoid cells; Neoceratodus forsteri; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LYMPHOID CELL; MACROPHAGE; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

CERATODONTIDAE; MYOIDA; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI;

EID: 36549007049     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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