Colloid in the anterior pituitary of helmet guinea fowl (Numida meleagris galeata): Morphometric analysis and pattern of occurrence in relation to apoptosis

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 681-691

  Luziga, Claudius ^a   Kipanyula, Maulilio John ^a   Mbassa, Gabriel ^a   Koichi, Mamba ^b  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clusterin; Colloid; Folliculostellate cells; Guinea fowl; Immunohistochemistry; Pituitary; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERIN; PROTEIN S 100; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOCRINE CELL; FOWL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STELLATE CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY WEIGHT; COLLOIDS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; POULTRY;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS GALEATA;

EID: 70349257862     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11259-009-9217-4     Document Type: Article

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