Evidence that α-MSH induced grooming not primarily mediated by any of the cloned melanocortin receptors

Neuropeptides

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 77-82

  Sanchez, M S ^a   Celis, M E ^a   Schioth H B ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Melacure Therapeutics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROOMING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REARING;

ANIMALIA; POROMITRA OSCITANS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033855633     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/npep.2000.0778     Document Type: Article

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