Seasonal variation in the secretory activity of the subcommissural organ (SCO) of reptiles

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-12

  Cifuentes, Manuel ^a   Pérez, Juan ^a   Grondona, Jesús M ^a   Fernández Llebrez, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; Lectins; Lethargy; Mauremys caspica turtle; Natrix maura snake

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SEASONS; SNAKES; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; TURTLES;

EID: 0030589166     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13161-X     Document Type: Article

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