Distribution of the mRNAs encoding the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) precursor and three TRH receptors in the brain and pituitary of Xenopus laevis: Effect of background color adaptation on TRH and TRH receptor gene expression

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 477, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-28

  Bidaud, Isabelle ^a   Galas, Ludovic ^b   Bulant, Marc ^a   Jenks, Bruce G ^c   Ouwens, Debbie T W M ^c   Jégou, Sylvie ^b   Ladram, Ali ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^c   Tonon, Marie Christine ^b   Nicolas, Pierre ^a   Vaudry, Hubert ^b  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Brain; Pituitary gland; Skin color adaptation; TRH precursor; TRH receptors

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOPHYSIS; ILLUMINATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAMMAL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN COLOR; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 3843097051     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20235     Document Type: Article

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