ISSN:
1439-0264
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Endocrine cells scattered in organic mucosae were defined “Neuroendocrine” (NE) cells because they constitute a section of the Diffuse Neuroendocrine System (DNES). Such cells have never been evidentiated in the normal endometrium. By means of histochemical and immunohistochemical techniques NE celis, some of which contain the hormone somatostatin, are described in the glandular epithelium of the uterine horn in non-pregnant, non-castrated, young and adult sows. As is known, the uterine horn is the organ of pregnancy in the pig. The localization, distribution and morphology of the uterine NE and somatostatin-containing cells are reported and the importance of their function, in the pregnant and non-pregnant porcine uterus, is mooted.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0264.1989.tb00589.x
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