ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Somatostatin cells
;
Calcitonin cells
;
Ontogeny
;
Ultrastructure
;
Thyroid (rat)
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary Calcitonin cells are relatively numerous in the thyroid gland of the rat. In contrast, somatostatin cells are very scarce except at the time of birth and a few days thereafter, when they are conspicuously numerous. Somatostatin cells of the thyroid gland, which are ultrastructurally similar to somatostatin cells in gut and pancreas, also contain immunoreactive calcitonin. It is not clear whether somatostatin cells in the rat thyroid gland produce calcitonin or accumulate calcitonin from the environment.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00232763
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