Melanin-concentrating hormone projections to areas involved in somatomotor responses

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-201

  Elias, C F ^a   Sita, L V ^a   Zambon, B K ^a   Oliveira, E R ^a   Vasconcelos, L A P ^a,b   Bittencourt, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GABA; Incerto hypothalamic area; Lateral hypothalamic area; Locomotion; REM sleep; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FOOD INTAKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; ENERGY INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEPTIN; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOPHORES; MICE; MICE, OBESE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 39149087384     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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