Arginine vasotocin mRNA revealed by in situ hybridization in bovine pineal gland cells

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 295, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 225-229

  Badiu, C ^a,b   Coculescu, M ^c   Moller M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Carol Davila Univ of Med and P ^*  (Romania)

^c CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Bovine; In situ hybridization; Neurons; Pineal; Vasopressin; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ARGIPRESTOCIN; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PINEAL GLAND; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 0033004781     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051228     Document Type: Article

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