Subdivisions of the auditory midbrain (N. mesencephalicus lateralis, pars dorsalis) in Zebra finches using Calcium-binding protein immunocytochemistry

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Logerot, Priscilla ^a   Krützfeldt, Nils O E ^a   Wild, J Martin ^a   Kubke, M Fabiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALRETININ; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINCH; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; TISSUE SECTION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY;

AVES; MAMMALIA; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FINCHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON;

EID: 79959289336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020686     Document Type: Article

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