Preprocholecystokinin mRNA-expressing neurons in the rat parabrachial nucleus: Subnuclear localization, efferent projection, and expression of nociceptive-related intracellular signaling substances

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 400, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-270

  Hermanson, Ola ^a,c   Larhammar, Dan ^b   Blomqvist, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca2+ calmodulin dependent kinase II (CaM kinase II); Cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB); FOS; In situ hybridization; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NOCICEPTORS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032547708     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981019)400:2<255::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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