The melatonin receptor in the human brain: Cloning experiments and distribution studies

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 117-126

  Mazzucchelli, Cristina ^a   Pannacci, Marilou ^a   Nonno, Romolo ^a   Lucini, Valeria ^a   Fraschini, Franco ^a   Stankov, Bojidar Michaylov ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Brain; Cerebellum; Cortex; Human; Hybridization, in situ; Melatonin receptor; mRNA distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029903233     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(96)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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