Expression of the melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) receptor mRNA in the rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 435, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 26-40

  Saito, Yumiko ^a   Cheng, Michelle ^a   Leslie, Frances M ^a,b   Civelli, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetite; G protein coupled receptor; In situ hybridization; Neuropeptide; Olfactory learning

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MASTICATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SMELLING;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; APPETITE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SMELL; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035908285     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1191     Document Type: Article

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