Identification and characterization of the feeding circuit-activating peptides, a novel neuropeptide family of Aplysia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 7797-7808

  Sweedler, J V ^a   Li, L ^a   Rubakhin, S S ^a   Alexeeva, V ^b   Dembrow, N C ^b   Dowling, O ^b   Jing, J ^b   Weiss, K R ^b   Vilim, F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; CDNA cloning; Feeding behavior; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; MALDI TOF MS; Neuropeptide processing

Indexed keywords

FEEDING CIRCUIT ACTIVATING PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036758644     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-17-07797.2002     Document Type: Article

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