Orexin A-like immunoreactivity in the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 161-164

  Chen, C T ^a   Dun, S L ^a   Kwok, E H ^a   Dun, N J ^a   Chang, J K ^b  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^b PHOENIX PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Lateral hypothalamus; Median eminence; Obesity

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A; PEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033525106     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00977-X     Document Type: Article

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