Brain distribution and evidence for both central and neurohormonal actions of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptide in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 507, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1622-1638

  Roubos, Eric W ^a   Lázár, Gyula ^b   Calle, Marinella ^a   Barendregt, Henk P ^a   Gaszner, Balázs ^a,b   Kozicz, Tamás ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Immunoelectron microscopy; In vitro superfusion; Pituitary gland; Starvation; Toad

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; NEUROHORMONE; NERVE PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEEDING; FROG; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC TECTUM; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; STARVATION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 40749105766     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21641     Document Type: Article

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