A comparative study of the β-adrenoceptors in higher visual centres of birds

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 81-84

  Revilla, Victoria ^a   Revilla, Raquel ^a   Fernández López, Arsenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adrenoceptors; Autoradiography; Avian brain; Tectofugal pathway; Thalamofugal pathway

Indexed keywords

1 (2 CYANOPHENOXY) 3 [2 (3 PHENYLUREIDO)ETHYLAMINO] 2 PROPANOL; 3 ISOPROPYLAMINO 1 (7 METHYL 4 INDANYLOXY) 2 BUTANOL; 4 (3 TERT BUTYLAMINO 2 HYDROXYPROPOXY) 2 BENZIMIDAZOLONE; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TRITIUM;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIRD; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BIRDS; MALE; PROPANOLAMINES; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; TRITIUM; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0032491541     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00759-9     Document Type: Article

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