Silver lampreys (Ichthyomyzon unicuspis) lack a gonadotropin-releasing hormone- and FMRFamide-immunoreactive terminal nerve

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-172

  Eisthen, Heather L ^a   Northcutt, R Glenn ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

agnathan; evolution; immunocytochemistry; LHRH; telencephalon

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYCLOSTOME; EVOLUTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; FMRFAMIDE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; LAMPREYS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREOPTIC AREA;

EID: 0029976977     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960624)370:2<159::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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