Characterization of the dopamine system in the brain of the túngara frog, Physalaemus pustulosus

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 76, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 211-225

  O'Connell, Lauren A ^a   Matthews, Bryan J ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a   Hofmann, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DARPP 32; Dopamine receptor; Mate choice; Mesolimbic reward system; Posterior tuberculum; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AND CAMP-REGULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN 32; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MAMMALIA; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79451469236     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321715     Document Type: Article

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