Immunoreactive mammalian and chicken-II GnRHs in Rana esculenta brain during development

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 62, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Di Fiore, Maria M ^a   King, Judy A ^b   D'Aniello, Biagio ^a   Rastogi, Rakesh K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Frog; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Terminal nerve

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TERMINAL NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0029891174     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(96)00008-0     Document Type: Article

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