Calcium binding protein immunoreactivity in nucleus rotundus in a reptile, Caiman crocodilus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 277-287

  Pritz, Michael B ^a   Siadati, Abdolreza ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium binding protein; Evolution; Immunocytochemistry; Thalamus; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; EYE PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032854792     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006599     Document Type: Article

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