Microscopical methods promote the understanding of the integument biology of Rhinella ornata

Micron

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 198-205

  Felsemburgh, Flavia Abreu ^b   de Almeida, Pablo Germano ^b   de Carvalho e Silva, Sérgio Potsch ^c   de Brito Gitirana, Lycia ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b ICB   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Integument; Light microscopy; Low vacuum electron microscopy; Morphology; Rhinella ornata

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POWDERS; VACUUM;

ALTERNATING LAYERS; BASIC STRUCTURES; COLLAGENOUS FIBERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL METHODS; INTEGUMENT; KERATINOCYTES; LIGHT MICROSCOPIES; LIGHT MICROSCOPY; LOW-VACUUM ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; RHINELLA ORNATA; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SPONGIOUS DERMISES; STRUCTURAL ASPECTS; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGUMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

ANURA;

EID: 56949106052     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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