Immunocytochemical localization of atrial natriuretic factor and autoradiographic distribution of atrial natriuretic factor binding sites in the brain of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-362

  Vallarino, Mauro ^a   Goula, Daniel ^b   Trabucchi, Michele ^a   Masini, Maria Angela ^a   Chartrel, Nicolas ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

atrial natriuretic factor receptors; atrial natriuretic factor related neuropeptides; comparative neuroanatomy; dipnoans; evolution

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; FISH; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0029854575     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961118)375:3<345::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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