Association of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript and neuropeptide Y in the forebrain and pituitary of the catfish, Clarias batrachus: A double immunofluorescent labeling study

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 239-250

  Singru, Praful S ^a   Mazumdar, Minakshi ^b   Barsagade, Vikas ^b   Lechan, Ronald M ^a   Thim, Lars ^c   Clausen, Jes Thorn ^c   Subhedar, Nishikant ^d  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences ^*  (India)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Nucleus entopeduncularis; Olfactory bulb; Preoptic area; Telencephalon; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CELL POPULATION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HABENULA; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFORMATION; MITRAL CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY TRACT; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AXONS; CATFISHES; CELL COUNT; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROSENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 56549092886     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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