Morphological and immunohistochemical considerations on the Basal Ganglia in Pigeon (Columba livia)

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 173-178

  Galatioto, S ^a,b   Abbate, F ^a,b   Laura, R ^a,b   Naccari, F ^a   Germana G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; MAMMALIA;

METENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; COLUMBIDAE; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0032087195     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.1998.tb00176.x     Document Type: Article

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