Vitamin D target systems in the brain of the green lizard Anolis carolinensis

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-160

  Bidmon, Hans Jürgen ^a   Stumpf, Walter E ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Choroid plexus; Meninges; Reptile; Vitamin D receptor

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; CHOROID PLEXUS; LIZARD; MENINX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 0030034173     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00214705     Document Type: Article

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