Melanin-concentrating hormone system in the brain and skin of the cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus: Anatomical localization ontogeny and distribution in comparison to α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone-expressing cells

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 311, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 61-69

  Pandolfi, M ^a   Canepa M M ^a   Ravaglia, M A ^a   Maggese, M C ^a   Paz, D A ^a   Vissio, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

MSH; Brain; Cichlasoma dimerus(Teleostei); Development; Immunocytochemistry; MCH; Neuromasts; Pituitary gland

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; MELANIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; MELANIN-CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LARVA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERIKARYON; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SKIN; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; NEURONS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; SKIN;

EID: 0037216572     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-002-0654-4     Document Type: Article

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