Transmission and scanning electron microscopy study of the characteristics and morphology of pericytes and novel desmin-immunopositive perivascular cells before and after castration in rat anterior pituitary gland

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-173

  Jindatip, Depicha ^a   Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Kouki, Tom ^a   Yashiro, Takashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary gland; Capillary; Castration; Electron microscopy; Pericyte

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DESMIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL COUNT; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOLGI COMPLEX; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PERIVASCULAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CASTRATION; GONADAL HORMONES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PERICYTES; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84865690481     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12565-012-0144-z     Document Type: Article

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