The prepubertal ontogeny of galanin-like immunoreactivity in the male Meishan pig brain

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-139

  Pearson, Paul L ^a   Anderson, Lloyd L ^a   Jacobson, Carol D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Median eminence; Swine

Indexed keywords

GALANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029998280     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(95)00201-4     Document Type: Article

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