The anterior olfactory nucleus and piriform cortex of the echidna and platypus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-227

  Ashwell, Ken W S ^a   Phillips, Jennifer M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; Echidna; Parvalbumin; Platypus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; MYELIN; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ECHIDNA; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSECTIVORE; NERVE CELL; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRIFORM CORTEX; SMELLING; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; ECHIDNA; FEMALE; GOLGI APPARATUS; NEUROPIL; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PLATYPUS;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; STREPSIRHINI; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; THERIA;

EID: 33646000574     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091653     Document Type: Article

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