Distribution and neurotransmitter localization in the heart of the ray-finned fish, bichir (Polypterus bichir bichir Geoffroy St. Hilaire, 1802)

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Zaccone, Giacomo ^a   Mauceri, Angela ^a   Maisano, Maria ^a   Giannetto, Alessia ^a   Parrino, Vincenzo ^a   Fasulo, Salvatore ^a  

^a Faculty of Science   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bichir; Fish; Heart; Nerve fibers; Neurotransmitters; Perikarya; Polypterus bichir bichir

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; GALANIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GALANIN; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ACTINOPTERYGII; POLYPTERIDAE; POLYPTERUS BICHIR; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 61349186959     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: 16180372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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