Precerebellar and vestibular nuclei of the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-221

  Ashwell, K W S ^a   Paxinos, G ^a   Watson, C R R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; Inferior olive; Lateral reticular nucleus; Non phosphorylated neurofilament protein; Parvalbumin; Pontine nuclei; Vestibular nuclei

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; CHOLINESTERASE; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL STRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHIDNA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR OLIVE; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MAMMAL; MONOTREMATE; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RODENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; ECHIDNA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PARVALBUMINS; PONS; STAINING AND LABELING; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI;

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS; THERIA;

EID: 34548594075     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-007-0139-z     Document Type: Article

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