Characterization and species differences in gastric ghrelin cells from mice, rats and hamsters

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-246

  Yabuki, Akira ^a   Ojima, Toshimichi ^a   Kojima, Masayasu ^b   Nishi, Yoshihiro ^b   Mifune, Hiroharu ^b   Matsumoto, Mitsuharu ^a   Kamimura, Ryozo ^a   Masuyama, Taku ^c   Suzuki, Syusaku ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN TOBACCO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Hamster; Mouse; Rat; Stomach

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL GRANULE; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HAMSTER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH GLAND;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; GASTRIC FUNDUS; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CRICETINAE; MESOCRICETUS AURATUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 5044250848     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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