Urocortin in the central nervous system of a primate (Cebus apella): Sequencing, immunohistochemical, and hybridization histochemical characterization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 463, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-175

  Vasconcelos, Luciana A P ^a,b   Donaldson, Cynthia ^c   Sita, Luciane V ^b   Casatti, Claudio A ^b,d   Lotfi, Claudimara F P ^b   Wang, Liqun ^e   Cadinouche, M Z Alia ^e   Frigo, Lúcio ^b,f   Elias, Carol F ^b   Lovejoy, David A ^e   Bittencourt, Jackson C ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSIDADE CRUZEIRO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Choline acetyltransferase; Corticotropin releasing factor; Edinger Westphal nucleus; Hypophysis; Monkey brain; Neuropeptides; Oculomotor nucleus; Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UROCORTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM FLOCCULUS; CLONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CEBUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0038494082     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10742     Document Type: Article

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