Organization and quantification of the elements in the intertubular space in the adult jaguar testis (Panthera onca, LINNAEUS, 1758)

Micron

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1166-1170

  Azevedo, Maria Helena Ferreira ^a   Paula, Tarcízio Antônio Rego ^a   Balarini, Maytê Koch ^a   Matta, Sérgio Luiz Pinto ^a   Peixoto, Juliano Vogas ^a   Guião Leite, Flaviana Lima ^b   Rossi Jr , João Luis ^c   da Costa, Eduardo Paulino ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intertubule; Jaguar; Leydig cell; Panthera onca; Testicle

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; KETONES; MAMMALS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; STANDARDS;

ANIMAL SPECIES; AVERAGE VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CYTOPLASM; CONNECTIVE TISSUES; DEVELOPMENT DEGREE; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; INTERTUBULE; JAGUAR; LEYDIG CELL; LEYDIG CELLS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; PANTHERA ONCA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD; TESTICLE;

CELLS;

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; PANTHERA; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PANTHERA; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 52049083892     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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