Neural distribution of nonapeptide binding sites in two species of songbird

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-208

  Leung, Cary H ^a   Goode, Christopher T ^a   Young, Larry J ^a,b   Maney, Donna L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesotocin; Neurohypophysial; Oxytocin; Social behavior; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ARGIPRESTOCIN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; IODINE 125; MESOTOCIN; NONAPEPTIDE; RADIOLIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOTOCIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FINCH; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURONS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, VASOPRESSIN; SEX FACTORS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASOPRESSINS; VASOTOCIN;

EID: 64049089453     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21947     Document Type: Article

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