Postnatal expression of melanocortin-3 receptor in rat diencephalon and mesencephalon

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-224

  Xia, Yun ^a   Wikberg, J E S ^a  

^a Division of Pharmacology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

autoradiography; development; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; melanocortin 3 receptor; melanocortins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4 NORLEUCINE 7 DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE]; IODINE 125; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HABENULA; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030980505     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(96)00151-7     Document Type: Article

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