Autoradiographic discrimination of melanocortin receptors indicates that the MC3 subtype dominates in the medial rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 810, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 161-171

  Lindblom, Jonas ^a   Schiöth, Helgi B ^a   Larsson, Anna ^a   Wikberg, Jarl E S ^a   Bergström, Lena ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; HS014; Melanocortin receptor; Rat brain; 1 MSH

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0345148807     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00918-4     Document Type: Article

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