Immunohistochemical localization of opsins and alpha-subunit of transducin in the pineal complex and deep brain of the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 325-330

  Yoshikawa, Tomoko ^a,b   Okano, Toshiyuki ^a   Kokame, Koichi ^a,d   Hisatomi, Osamu ^c   Tokunaga, Fumio ^c   Oishi, Tadashi ^b   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; SQUAMATA; TAKYDROMUS TACHYDROMOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035532904     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.325     Document Type: Article

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