Distribution of orexin/hypocretin immunoreactivity in the brain of the lungfishes protopterus dolloi and neoceratodus forsteri

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 302-322

  López, Jesús M ^a   Domínguez, Laura ^a   Moreno, Nerea ^a   Morona, Ruth ^a   Joven, Alberto ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dipnoans; Evolution; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Orexins; Serotonin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; OREXINS; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; EVOLUTION; FISH; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EVOLUTION; FISHES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CERATODONTIDAE; DIPNOI; MAMMALIA; NEOCERATODUS; NEOCERATODUS FORSTERI; PISCES; PROTOPTERIDAE; PROTOPTERUS DOLLOI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 74249088655     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000274978     Document Type: Article

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