Three-dimensional structure of seminiferous tubules in the adult mouse

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 227, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 686-694

  Nakata, Hiroki ^a   Wakayama, Tomohiko ^a   Sonomura, Takahiro ^b   Honma, Satoru ^b   Hatta, Toshihisa ^b   Iseki, Shoichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mouse; Seminiferous tubules; Testis; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETE TESTIS; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TUNICA ALBUGINEA; ANATOMIC MODEL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES;

EID: 84944183923     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12375     Document Type: Article

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