Connections of the basal forebrain of the weakly electric fish, Eigenmannia virescens

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-64

  Wong, Calvin J H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Medial forebrain bundle; Reproduction; Septum; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GANGLION; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ELECTRIC FISH; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030720870     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971208)389:1<49::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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