Localization of LGR7 (relaxin receptor) mRNA and protein in rat forebrain: Correlation with relaxin binding site distribution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1041, Issue , 2005, Pages 205-210

  Burazin, Tanya C D ^a   Johnson, Kelli J ^a   Ma, Sherie ^a   Bathgate, Ross A D ^a   Tregear, Geoffrey W ^a   Gundlach, Andrew L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortex, thalamus, and hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; LGR7; mRNA; Relaxin; Somatosensory, limbic, and neuroendocrine systems

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN; RELAXIN RECEPTOR; RELAXIN RECEPTOR LGR7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOREBRAIN; HORMONE BINDING; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23644441631     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1282.031     Document Type: Conference Paper

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