Distribution of AVT gene expressing neurons in the prosencephalon of Japanese quail and chicken

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-373

  Aste, Nicoletta ^a,b   Mühlbauer, Eckhard ^b   Grossmann, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine vasotocin; Bird; Brain; Central nervous system; Chicken; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Japanese quail; Neurosecretion

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHICKENS; COTURNIX; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; VASOTOCIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0029985037     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050706     Document Type: Article

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