The "olfactostriatum" of snakes: A basal ganglia vomeronasal structure in tetrapods

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 337-340

  Martinez Marcos, Alino ^c   Ubeda Bañon, Isabel ^c   Lanuza, Enrique ^b   Halpern, Mimi ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neuropeptide Y; Nucleus sphericus; Serotonin; Thamnophis sirtalis; Tract tracing; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CORPUS STRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLFACTORY BULB; SNAKES; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 24344438510     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.02.020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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