Methionine enkephalin immunoreactivity in the brain of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus): Similarities and differences with respect to oscine songbirds

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 393, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-168

  Durand, Sarah E ^a   Liang, Wenru ^a   Brauth, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Immunocytochemistry; Opioid peptides; Parrot; Psittacine; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

METENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FOREBRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DIENCEPHALON; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LEARNING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARROTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0031889139     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980406)393:2<145::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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