Dissociated histaminergic neuron cultures from the tuberomammillary nucleus of rats: Culture methods and ghrelin effects

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-184

  Bajic, Dusica ^a   Hoang, Quan VanManh ^a   Nakajima, Shigehiro ^a   Nakajima, Yasuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Appetite; Electrophysiology; GIRK; Kir3; Nociceptin; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; APPETITE STIMULANT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HISTAMINE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMILLARY BODY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0347628814     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2003.09.008     Document Type: Article

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