Opioid peptides, CRF, and urocortin in cerebrospinal fluid-contacting neurons in Xenopus laevis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1040, Issue , 2005, Pages 249-252

  Calle, Marinella ^a   Claassen, Ilse E W M ^a   Veening, Jan G ^b   Kozicz, Tamas ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a   Barendregt, Henk P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; CRF; Opioids; Urocortin; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; ENDOMORPHIN 1; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE PEPTIDE; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 22144460142     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1327.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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