Immunoreactivity for progesterone in the giant Rohde cells of the amphioxus, Branchiostoma belcheri

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-383

  Takeda, Naokuni ^a,c   Kubokawa, Kaoru ^b   Matsumoto, Gen ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Neurosteroids; Phylogeny; Progesterone; Rohde cells

Indexed keywords

NEUROSTEROID; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; CELL FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIANT NERVE CELL; GONAD; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MALE; MAUTHNER CELL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROHDE CELL; SIGMOID; SPECIES;

EID: 0038042510     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00099-6     Document Type: Article

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