Identification and neuroanatomical distribution of immunoreactivity for mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone (mGnRH) in the brain and neural hypophyseal lobe of the toad Bufo arenarum

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 419-425

  Miranda, L A ^a   Paz, D A ^a   Affanni, J M ^a   Somoza, G M ^a  

^a Instituto de Neurociencia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain; Bufo arenarum (Anura); Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Hypophyseal neural lobe (pars nervosa); Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BUFO ARENARUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO ARENARUM; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031783371     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051133     Document Type: Article

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