Melanocortin-3 receptor mRNA expression in pro-opiomelanocortin neurones of the rat arcuate nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 501-505

  Jegou S ^a   Boutelet, I ^a   Vaudry, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Hypothalamus; Melanocortin 3 receptor; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0342804352     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2000.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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