The distribution and morphological characteristics of catecholaminergic cells in the brain of monotremes as revealed by tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 298-314

  Manger, Paul R ^a,c   Fahringer, Heidi M ^a   Pettigrew, John D ^b   Siegel, Jerome M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adrenaline; Dopamine; Echidna; Mammals; Monotremes; Noradrenaline; Platypus; Sleep

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ECHIDNA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SLEEP;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DOPAMINE; ECHIDNA; EPINEPHRINE; EVOLUTION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYPUS; SLEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

AMNIOTA; GLOSSUS; MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 0036905373     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000067193     Document Type: Article

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