Projection-dependent differentiation of melanin-concentrating hormone-containing neurons

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-55

  Harthoorn, Lucien F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food intake; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; Rat; Wakefulness

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN STEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LASER MICRODISSECTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; MALE; MELANINS; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846500155     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-006-9115-z     Document Type: Article

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