Concentration and storage of biotin in the amphibian brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 368, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-466

  Eisner, Shirley ^a   Harris, Elana ^a   Galoyan, S M ^a   Lettvin, J Y ^b   Scalia, Frank ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

biocytin; hypothalamus; nucleus isthmi; olfactory cortex; synapse

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RANA PIPIENS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0029925015     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960506)368:3<455::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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