Comparative analysis of neuropeptide FF-like immunoreactivity in the brain of anuran (Rana perezi, Xenopus laevis) and urodele (Pleurodeles waltl) amphibians

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-71

  Crespo, Miguel ^a   Moreno, Nerea ^a   López, Jesús M ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Comparative neuroanatomy; Evolution; FMRFamide peptides; Immunohistochemistry; Neuropeptide FF

Indexed keywords

NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE FF;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TELENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PLEURODELES; RANIDAE; URODELA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037255310     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(02)00097-2     Document Type: Article

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