Hypothalamic orexin A-immunoreactive neurons project to the rat dorsal medulla

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-20

  Harrison, T A ^a   Chen, C T ^a   Dun, N J ^a   Chang, J K ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Fluorogold; Hypocretin; Lateral hypothalamus; Nucleus of the solitary tract

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; FLUOROGOLD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; GANGLION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STILBAMIDINES;

EID: 0032881447     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00611-4     Document Type: Article

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