Immunohistochemical localization of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in the brain of the catfish, Clarias batrachus (Linn.)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-235

  Singru, Praful S ^a   Mazumdar, Minakshi ^b   Sakharkar, Amul J ^c   Lechan, Ronald M ^a   Thim, Lars ^d   Clausen, Jes Thorn ^d   Subhedar, Nishikant K ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CART; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; Inferior lobe; Nucleus entopeduncularis; Nucleus preopticus; Olfactory bulb; Peptides; Pituitary; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATFISH; CEREBELLUM; CLARIAS BATRACHUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; OLFACTORY TRACT; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATFISHES; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

EID: 34247109622     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21295     Document Type: Article

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