PCNA-negativity in the telencephalon of adult female songbirds (Serinus serinus): Absence of signs of normal proliferation

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-245

  Margotta, Vito ^a,b   Caronti, Brunella ^b  

^a Sede di Anatomia Comparata   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult female songbirds; Matrix areas; PCNA; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANARY; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANARIES; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; S PHASE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TELENCEPHALON; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 33644587727     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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