Distribution of thyrotropin-releasing hormone immunoreactivity in the brain of the dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-81

  Teijido, Oscar ^a   Manso, María Jesús ^a   Anadón, Ramón ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elasmobranchs; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptides; Olfactory bulb; Pallium; Raphe nuclei

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; DOGFISH; GRANULE CELL; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFERIOR OLIVE; INNERVATION; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PREOPTIC AREA; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCYLIORHINUS CANICULA; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; THALAMUS; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIENCEPHALON; DOGFISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCEPHALON; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0037078369     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10431     Document Type: Article

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