Immunohistochemical localization of novel CART peptides in rat hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal gland

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 823-833

  Koylu, Ersin O ^a   Couceyro, Pastor R ^a   Lambert, Philip D ^a   Ling, Nicholas C ^b   DeSouza, Errol B ^b   Kuhar, Michael J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

HPA axis; Hypothalamus; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RABBIT; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030715274     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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