Immunohistochemical and morphometric study of pituitary pars distalis thyrotrophs of male viscacha (Lagostomus maximus maximus): Seasonal variations and effect of melatonin and castration

Anatomical Record

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-409

  Filippa, Verónica ^a,b   Mohamed, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SEASON; TESTIS; TSH SECRETING CELL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; ENVIRONMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELATONIN; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RODENTIA; SEASONS; TESTIS; THYROTROPHS;

EID: 42949128585     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20671     Document Type: Article

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