Vasotocinergic innervation of areas containing aromatase-immunoreactive cells in the quail forebrain

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-60

  Balthazart, Jacques ^a   Absil, Philippe ^a   Viglietti Panzica, Carla ^b   Panzica, Gian Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Double label immunocytochemistry; Medial preoptic nucleus; Sexual behavior; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; AROMATASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; STRIA TERMINALIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; COTURNIX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROSENCEPHALON; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0030995704     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199707)33:1<45::AID-NEU5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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