Hypophysial and extrahypophysial projections of the neurosecretory system of cartilaginous fishes: An immunocytochemical study using a polyclonal antibody against dogfish neurophysin

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 373, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 400-421

  Meurling, P ^a   Rodriguez E M ^b   Peña, Patricio ^b   Grondona, Jesús Mateos ^c   Pérez, Juan ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Lab de Bioquim y Biol Molecular   (Spain)

Author keywords

elasmobranchii; holocephali; neurons; neurosecretory; preoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ARGIPRESTOCIN; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CATTLE; DOGFISH; ELASMOBRANCHII; FISHES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROPHYSINS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0029792670     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960923)373:3<400::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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