Distribution of urocortin 3 neurons innervating the ventral premammillary nucleus in the rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1089, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 116-125

  Cavalcante, Judney Cley ^a   Sita, Luciane Valéria ^a   Mascaro, Marcelo Betti ^a,b   Bittencourt, Jackson Cioni ^a   Elias, Carol Fuzeti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVE DE JULHO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Medial nucleus of amygdala; Odor; Perifornical area; Pheromone

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; DEXTRAN; TRACER; UROCORTIN III;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AXONS; BIOTIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOLERA TOXIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DEXTRANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33646773241     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.043     Document Type: Article

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