Hypothalamic and extrahypothalamic sauvagine-like immunoreactivity in the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 256-267

  Gonzalez, G C ^a   Bountzioukas, S ^a,b   Gonzalez, E S ^a   Mcmaster, D ^a   Ko, D ^a   Lederis, K ^a   Lukowiak, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

brainstem; diencephalon; immunochemistry; spinal cord; telencephalon

Indexed keywords

SAUVAGINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BULLFROG; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIENCEPHALON; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANA CATESBEIANA; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0030048970     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960205)365:2<256::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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