Immunoreactive Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2-like peptides in the brain of the antarctic icefish, Chionodraco hamatus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-24

  Pestarino, Mario ^a   Vallarino, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic fish (Chionodraco hamatus); Brain; Immunocytochemistry; Phe Met Arg Phe NH2

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030602839     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12815-9     Document Type: Article

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