Leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein-coupled receptor 8 in the rat brain: Enrichment in thalamic neurons and their efferent projections

Neuroscience

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 319-333

  Sedaghat, K ^a   Shen, P J ^a   Finkelstein, D I ^a,b   Henderson, J M ^c   Gundlach, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

arousal systems; glutamate dopamine interactions; insulin like peptide 3; LGR8 RXFP2; Parkinson's disease; thalamus and basal ganglia

Indexed keywords

CARISOPRODOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN INSL3; PROTEIN LGR8; RELAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; THALAMUS;

EID: 52949095017     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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