The melanin‐concentrating hormone system of the rat brain: An immuno‐ and hybridization histochemical characterization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 319, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 218-245

  Bittencourt, J C ^a   Presse, F ^a   Arias, C ^a   Peto, C ^a   Vaughan, J ^a   Nahon, J L ^a   Vale, W ^a   Sawchenko, P E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; lateral hypothalamic area; neuropeptides; neurosecretory neurons; zona incerta

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; INTERMEDIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE ACTION; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MELANOGENESIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMAL; AXONS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026766094     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.903190204     Document Type: Article

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