Chemically defined projections linking the mediobasal hypothalamus and the lateral hypothalamic area

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 442-459

  Elias, Carol F ^a,e   Saper, Clifford B ^a   Maratos Flier, Eleftheria ^a   Tritos, Nicholas A ^b   Lee, Charlotte ^c   Kelly, Joseph ^d   Tatro, Jeffrey B ^a   Huffman, Gloria E ^a   Ollmann, Michael M ^a   Barsh, Gregory S ^b   Sakurai, Takeshi ^c   Yanagisawa, Masasiii ^d   Elmquist, Joel K ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate hypothalamic nucleus; Feeding; Melanin concentrating hormone; Obesity; Orexins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032576592     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981228)402:4<442::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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