Characterization of the neuroanatomical distribution of agouti-related protein immunoreactivity in the rhesus monkey and the rat

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1408-1415

  Haskell Luevano, Carrie ^a   Chen, Peilin ^b   Li, Chien ^b   Chang, Kang ^c   Smith, M Susan ^b   Cameron, Judy L ^b   Cone, Roger D ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0032942045     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.3.6544     Document Type: Article

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