Distribution of neuromedin U-like immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of Rana esculenta

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 369, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 438-450

  Maderdrut, Jerome L ^a   Lázár, Gyula ^b   Kozicz, Tamás ^b   Merchenthaler, István ^c,d,e  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

^e WYETH AYERST RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; evolution; hypothalamus; immunocytochemistry; peptides

Indexed keywords

NEUROMEDIN U;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIENCEPHALON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; RABBITS; RANA ESCULENTA; RETINA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0029996971     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960603)369:3<438::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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