Distributional characteristics of the mRNA for retinoid Z receptor β (RZRβ), a putative nuclear melatonin receptor, in the rat brain and spinal cord

Brain Research

Volumn 747, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 332-337

  Park, Hwan Tae ^a   Kim, Yong Joon ^a   Yoon, Sik ^b   Kim, Jae Bong ^a   Kim, Jin Jeong ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

in situ hybridization; melatonin; melatonin receptor; pars tuberalis; RZR mRNA; sensory system

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN RECEPTOR; RETINOID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN STEM; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MESENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0031051366     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01320-0     Document Type: Article

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