Neuropeptide Y (NPY) or fragment NPY 13-36, but not NPY 18-36, inhibit retinotectal transfer in cane toads Bufo marinus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Schwippert, W W ^a   Rottgen A ^a   Ewert, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cane toad; Neuropeptide Y; Optic tectum; Pretectum; Vision

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y [13-36]; NEUROPEPTIDE Y [18-36];

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; TOAD; VISION; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BUFO MARINUS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OPTIC NERVE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SWINE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0345698976     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00596-5     Document Type: Article

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