Distribution pattern of neuropeptide y in the brain, pituitary and olfactory system during the larval development of the toad rhinella arenarum (Amphibia: Anura)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series C: Anatomia Histologia Embryologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-95

  Heer, T ^a,b   Pozzi, A G ^a,b   Yovanovich, C A ^a,b   Paz, D A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OLFACTORY BULB; PITUITARY GLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 62249131507     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: 14390264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0264.2008.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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