Are portal vessels present in the pituitary gland 'veins'? A histological study

Biomedical Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-168

  Yoshida, Morihiro ^a   Coombs, Richard J ^a   Kuno, Masahiro ^a   Wada, Ikuo ^a   Horiuchi, Osamu ^a   Herbert, Damon C ^b   Soji, Tsuyoshi ^a   Mabuchi, Yoshio ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Neuroendocrine; Pars tuberalis; Portal vessel; Rat

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN VEIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FENESTRATION; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; HYPOPHYSIS VEIN; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PORTAL BLOOD VESSEL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4644293784     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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