Corticotropin releasing factor in the brain of the gymnotiform fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus: Immunohistochemical studies combined with neuronal tract tracing

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-364

  Zupanc, Günther K H ^a,b   Horschke, Ingrid ^a   Lovejoy, David A ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; FISH; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033065376     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7273     Document Type: Article

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