Electron microscopic observations of the anterior pituitary gland. Part I. The neurons in the "transitional zone" of the anterior pituitary gland

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-166

  Mabuchi, Yoshio ^a   Shirasawa, Nobuyuki ^b   Sakuma, Eisuke ^a   Wada, Ikuo ^a   Horiuchi, Osamu ^a   Kikuchi, Motoshi ^c   Sakamoto, Atsushi ^c   Herbert, Damon C ^d   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscope; LHRH nerve fibers; Transitional zone

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; GONADORELIN; PROTEIN S 100; SEROTONIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIKARYON; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SATELLITE CELL; STELLATE CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 42149185734     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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