The entorhinal cortex of the Megachiroptera: A comparative study of Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat and the straw-coloured fruit bat

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-393

  Gatome, Catherine W ^a   Slomianka, Lutz ^a   Mwangi, Dieter K ^b   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a   Amrein, Irmgard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Eidolon helvum; Epomophorus wahlbergi; Parvalbumin; SMI 32; Stereology; Timm staining

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN SMI 32; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIDOLON HELVUM; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPOMOPHORUS WAHLBERGI; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; OVOID STELLATE CELL; POLYGONAL STELLATE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAINING; TIMM STAINING; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EIDOLON HELVUM; EPOMOPHORUS WAHLBERGI; MEGACHIROPTERA; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 77955483476     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-010-0239-z     Document Type: Article

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