Melanocortin-4 receptor mRNA expression in the developing autonomic and central nervous systems

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-314

  Mountjoy, Kathleen G ^a   Wild, J Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Development; Melanocortin 4 receptor; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Pro opiomelanocortin (POMC)

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN REGION; FETUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0032524392     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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