Presence of immunoreactive corticotropin-releasing hormone and cortisol molecules in invertebrate haemocytes and lower and higher vertebrate thymus

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Ottaviani, Enzo ^a   Franchini, Antonella ^a   Franceschi, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; THYMUS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CHICKENS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GOLDFISH; HEMOCYTES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; RANA ESCULENTA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SNAILS; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; GALLUS GALLUS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031922989     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003270614163     Document Type: Article

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