Distribution of neuronal melanocortins in the spadefoot toad Spea multiplicata and effects of stress

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 150-160

  Venkatesan, S ^a   Carr, James A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropin; Amphibian; Endorphin; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Nucleus accumbens basal ganglia; Pro opiomelanocortin; Radioimmunoassay; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; MELANOCORTIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FIBER; FROG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; TOAD;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ANURA; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENDORPHINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; NEURONS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA; SPEA INTERMONTANA; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 0034884658     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000047233     Document Type: Article

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