Testosterone Modulation of Peptidergic Pathways in the Septo-Preoptic Region of Male Japanese Quail

Avian and Poultry Biology Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-93

  Aste, N ^a,c   Viglietti Panzica, C ^a   Balthazart, J ^b   Panzica, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Gonadal hormones; Immunocytochemistry; Neuropeptide Y; Neuropeptide(s); Steroid(s); Vasoactive intestinal polipeptide; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002763298     PISSN: 14702061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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