Quantification of argyrophillic, argentaffin and insulin immunoreactive cells in the small intestine in the opossum Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied, 1826) = Quantificação das células argirófilas, argentafins e imunorreativas à insulina nos diferentes segmentos do intestino delgado do gambá Didelphis aurita (Wied-Neuwied, 1826)

The objective of this study was to quantify argyrophillic, argentaffin and insulin immunoreactive endocrine cells in the different segments of the small intestine of Didelphis aurita and measure probable differences in the number of these cells between adult and post-pubertal animals. Biological mat...

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Main Authors: Gláucia Marques Freitas-Ribeiro, Cláudio César Fonseca, Sirlene Souza Rodrigues, Sérgio Luis Pinto da Matta, Clovis Andrade Neves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Maringá 2011-09-01
Series:Acta Scientiarum : Biological Sciences
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Online Access:http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/8644/8644