Cellular localization of prolactin-releasing peptide messenger RNA in the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 73-75

  Minami, Shiro ^a   Nakata, Tomoko ^a   Tokita, Reiko ^a   Onodera, Hidetaka ^a   Imaki, Junko ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; In situ hybridization; Medulla oblongata; Messenger ribonucleic acid; Prolactin; Rat; Solitary tract nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RNA ANALYSIS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0345120953     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00263-3     Document Type: Article

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