Immunocytochemical localization of somatostatin and autoradiographic distribution of somatostatin binding sites in the brain of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-353

  Vallarino, Mauro ^a   Trabucchi, Michele ^a   Masini, Maria Angela ^a   Chartrel, Nicolas ^b   Vaudry, Hubert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative neuroanatomy; Dipnoans; Evolution; Neuropeptides; SRIF; SRIF receptors

Indexed keywords

SOMATOSTATIN; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; FISH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, SOMATOSTATIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMATOSTATIN; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030691043     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971124)388:3<337::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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