Localization of calbindin-D28k and calretinin in the brain of Dermophis Mexicanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) and its bearing on the interpretation of newly recognized neuroanatomical regions

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-269

  Morona, Ruth ^a   López, Jesús María ^a   González, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Calcium binding proteins; Diencephalon; Evolution; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SPINAL CORD; URODELA;

EID: 84855165609     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329521     Document Type: Article

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