Leptin immunoreactivity is localized to neurons in rat brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 264-272

  Ur, Ehud ^a   Wilkinson, Diane A ^a   Morash, Barbara A ^a   Wilkinson, Michael ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Hippocampus; Immunocytochemistry; Leptin; Leptin receptor; Paraventricular nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRIFORM CORTEX; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LEPTIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0036241976     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054718     Document Type: Article

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