Neuroanatomical distribution of chicken-i gonadotropin-releasing hormone (cGnRH-I) in the brain of the male red-sided garter snake

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-148

  Smith, Mitchell T ^a   Moore, Frank L ^a   Mason, Robert T ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Garter snake; GnRH; Immunocytochemistry; LHRH; Terminal nerve; Thamnophis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS PARIETALIS;

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; SNAKE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SNAKES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030640142     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000112988     Document Type: Article

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