The hypothalamic supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei of the echidna and platypus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-217

  Ashwell, Ken W S ^a   Lajevardi, Shahab Eddin ^a   Cheng, Gang ^a   Paxinos, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echidna; Hypothalamo neurohypophysial tract; Neurophysin; Oxytocin; Platypus; SMI 32 antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALBINDIN; CARBOCYANINE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYGENASE; OXYTOCIN; SMI 32 ANTIBODY; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ECHIDNA; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; GIANT CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; MONOTREMATE; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PLATYPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ECHIDNA; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; NADP; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PLATYPUS;

MAMMALIA; MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; THERIA;

EID: 33751323436     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094358     Document Type: Article

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