Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide neurons of the ventromedial hypothalamus project to the midbrain central gray

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-224

  Maekawa, Fumihiko ^a   Fujiwara, Ken ^a   Tsukahara, Shinji ^b   Yada, Toshihiko ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Fluorogold; In situ hybridization; Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide; Ventromedial hypothalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FLUOROGOLD; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; GRAY MATTER; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL COUNT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE-ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STILBAMIDINES; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 30744461825     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000198945.62326.ba     Document Type: Article

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