Immunocytochemical study of rhodopsin-containing putative encephalic photoreceptors in house sparrow, Passer domesticus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 589-596

  Wang, Gang ^a   Wingfield, John C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalic photoreceptor; House sparrow; Immunocytochemistry; Photoperiodic gonadal response; Rhodopsin; VIP

Indexed keywords

RHODOPSIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PITUITARY STALK; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA ROD; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPARROW;

EID: 78651459682     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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