Min Jiang, Chunyu Liu, Jing Fang, Xi Peng, Junde Fan, Hengmin Cui, Heng Yin
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the distribution and developmental changes of Neuropeptide-Y (NPY) and its Y1 receptor (NPYY1)-like immunoreactivity cells in the duck thymus using immunohistochemistry associated with morphological analysis. STUDY DESIGN: Studies were carried out on Tianfu ducks on days 14, 18, 22, and 26 of embryogenesis (E14, E18, E22, and E26) as well as at 0 (neonatal stage), 1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20, 26, 29, and 32 weeks of postnatal development (P0, P1, P3, P5, P8, P11, P14, P17, P20, P26, P29, and P32)...
April 2016: Analytical and Quantitative Cytopathology and Histopathology