Identification of immunoreactive mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain of metamorphic larvae of Bufo arenarum hensel (Amphibia: Anura)

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 663-672

  Somoza, Gustavo M ^a   Paz, Dante A ^a   Stefano, Andrea V ^a   Affanni, Jorge M ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

GmRH; Migration; Nervous terminalis; Olfactory placode; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FOREBRAIN; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVA; MESENCEPHALON; METAMORPHOSIS; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM; MAMMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030221950     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(95)00102-6     Document Type: Article

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