Chromaffin cells in the amphibian urodele Triturus carnifex show ultrastructural features indicative of a vesicle-mediated mode of cell degranulation

Anatomical Record

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-78

  Crivellato, Enrico ^a   De Falco, Maria ^b   Capaldo, Anna ^b   Laforgia, Vincenza ^b   Ribath, Domenico ^c   De Luca, Antonio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; Piecemeal degranulation; Seasonal variations; Transmission electron microscopy; Triturus carnifex

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CELL DEGRANULATION; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SECRETORY VESICLES; TRITURUS;

EID: 60149106312     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20749     Document Type: Article

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