An immunohistochemical study of temperature-related changes in galanin and nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus of the toad

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Gonzalez Nicolini M V ^a   Orezzoli, A A ^a   Villar, M J ^a,b  

^a Instituto Neurobiologia Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOGENESIS; THERMOREGULATION; TOAD;

EID: 0344404363     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7060     Document Type: Article

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