Mammal-like organization of the avian midbrain central gray and a reappraisal of the intercollicular nucleus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Kingsbury, Marcy A ^a   Kelly, Aubrey M ^a   Schrock, Sara E ^a   Goodson, James L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; BETA ENDORPHIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; FOWL; INNERVATION; INTERCOLLICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MAMMAL; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREDICTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM;

AVES; FRINGILLIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 79958098108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020720     Document Type: Article

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