Journal of Morphological Sciences ISSN 2177-0298

ISSN 2177-0298
Journal of Morphological Sciences
Official Organ of the Brazilian Society of Anatomy
and Pan-American Association of Anatomy
Chief Editor
Prof. Dr. Romeu Rodrigues de Souza
Executive Editors
Profa. Dra. Laura Beatriz Mesiano Maifrino
Profa. Dra. Eliane Florêncio Gama
Associate Editors
Profa. Dra. Arani Nanci Bomfim Mariana
Profa. Dra. Nadir Eunice Valverde Barbato de Prates
Prof. Dr. Richard Halti Cabral
Profa. Dra.Telma Sumie Masuko
Profa. Dra.Valéria Paula Sassoli Fasan
Editorial Board
Alexandre Rodrigues de Oliveira (Brazil)
Andrzej Loesch (UK)
Antonio Marcos Orsi (Brazil)
Antonio Sesso (Brazil)
Björn Afzelius (Sweden)
Carlos A. C. Baptista (USA)
Carlos Alberto Mandarim-De-Lacerda (Brazil)
Carlos Azevedo (Portugal)
Carminda da Cruz Landim (Brazil)
Ciro Ferreira da Sila (Brazil)
Constantino Ledesma-Montes (Mexico)
Domingo Jorge Tortonese (UK)
Edith Bielek (Austria)
Edna Haapalainen (Brazil)
Eduard I. Dedkov (USA)
Estela Bevilacqua (Brazil)
Fátima Bötcher Luiz (Brazil)
Fausto Bérzin (Brazil)
Fernando Schimitt (Portugal)
Gabriela Stephenson (Australia)
Giovanni Delfino (Italy)
Hernandes Faustino de Carvalho (Brazil)
Humberto Santo Neto (Brazil)
Jackson Cioni Bittencourt (Brazil)
José Bacerra (Spain)
José Carlos Prates (Brazil)
Juan Carlos Stockert (Spain)
Lászlo Módis (Hungary)
Luis Alberto Romano (Argentina)
Luíz Antônio Violin Dias Pereira (Brazil)
Luiz Carlos de Uchôa Junqueira (Brazil)
Manuel Marí-Beffa (Spain)
Marcelo Cavenaghi Pereira da Silva (Brazil)
Marcello Fabiano de Franco (Brazil)
Marcos A. Rossi (Brazil)
Maria Júlia Marques (Brazil)
Maria Luíza Silveira de Mello (Brazil)
Mariano del Sol C. (Chile)
Marina Silveira (Brazil)
Maurizio Manera (Italy)
Mónica Muñoz de Toro (Argentina)
Murat Kabak (Turkey)
Nadir Eunice V. Barbato de Prates (Brazil)
Peter Whittaker (USA)
Ricardo Luiz Smith (Brazil)
Robert Reed (USA)
Robert S. Staron (USA)
Ronny Larsson (Sweden)
Satoshi Ikeda (Japan)
Sebastião Roberto Taboga (Brazil)
Sérgio Gulbenkian (Portugal)
Sônia Nair Báo (Brazil)
Xavier Navarro (Brazil)
Financial Support
Programa de Apoio a Publicações Científicas
Journal of Morphological Sciences
The Journal of Morphological Sciences now provides comprehensive
coverage in the fields of molecular, cellular and functional morphology.
The Journal of Morphological Sciences has expanded its areas of coverage to include a much
wider spectrum of morphological sciences at all levels of organization, from molecular and
sub-cellular morphology to traditional studies of macroscopic organization associated with
normal and pathological conditions. The journal will continue to accept papers that are essentially morphological in emphasis, i.e., those that provide a good structural description of the
anatomy and/or histology of systems, organs, tissues, cell types in microorganisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. The editorial board has been altered to reflect the range of subjects that
will now be covered by the journal, and may be modified periodically as the need arises.
Journal of Morphological Sciences/Brazilian Society of Anatomy and
Pan‑American ­Association of Anatomy. – vol., 1, no. 1 (1984) – São Paulo:
Brazilian Society of ­Anatomy, 1984.
Biannually 1984-2002
Triannually 2003
Quarterly 2004
ISSN 2177-0298
Continuation of Brazilian Journal of Morphological Sciences = Revista
Brasileira de Ciências Morfológicas
1. Morphology (Biology) – Periodicals. 2. Anatomy (Biology) –
­Periodicals. 3. Biological Sciences – Periodicals. I. Brazilian Society of
Anatomy. II. Pan-American Association of Anatomy. III. Title: Journal of
Morphological Sciences.
CDD 574.4
Address
Journal of Morphological Sciences
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Fone: (011) 3814-8266/3091-7369, Fax: (011) 3812-7216, E-mail: [email protected]
Indexed In
LILACS (Literatura Latino Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde),
IMLA (Index Medicus ­Latino ­Americano), Veterinary Science Database, CAB ABSTRACT and
CAB HEALTH, BIOSIS: Biological Abstracts, Zoological Record and Scopus.