Distribution of corticotropin-releasing hormone in the developing zebrafish brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 505, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-351

  Chandrasekar, Gayathri ^a,b   Lauter, Gilbert ^a,b   Hauptmann, Giselbert ^a,b  

^a School of Life Sciences Södertörn University   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); Danio rerio; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal interrenal (HPA HPI) axis; Locus coeruleus; Preoptic nucleus; Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 36249024238     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21496     Document Type: Article

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