c-Fos and related immediate early gene products as markers of activity in neuroendocrine systems

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 173-213

  Hoffman, Gloria E ^a   Smith, M Susan ^a   Verbalis, Joseph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; c Fos; Cholecystokinin; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Dopamine; Fos related antigens; Immediate early gene expression; Jun; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Neuroanatomical mapping; Oxytocin; Protooncogenes

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; GENE PRODUCT; GONADORELIN; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027309213     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/frne.1993.1006     Document Type: Article

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