Primo-Vessels as New Flow Paths for Intratesticular Injected Dye in Rats

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-88

  Han, Hyun Jung ^a   Ogay, Vyacheslav ^a   Park, Sang Jun ^a,b   Lee, Byung Cheon ^a,b   Kim, Ki Woo ^c   Lee, Yu Won ^c   Lee, Jin Kyu ^c   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Biomedical Physics Laboratory   (South Korea)

^b Research Center of Pharmacopuncture Medicine Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

chromium hematoxylin; nanoparticle; novel flow path; primo vessels; testis

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COLLAGEN FIBER; HEMATOXYLIN; NANOPARTICLE; COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL GRANULE; CIRCULATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GREATER OMENTUM; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PERITONEUM; PRIMO VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMALL INTESTINE; STAINING; TESTIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INJECTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; COLORING AGENTS; HEMATOXYLIN; INJECTIONS; MALE; PERITONEUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77953313804     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(10)60016-7     Document Type: Article

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