Relaxin family peptides and receptors in mammalian brain: Anatomical insights and diverse functional possibilities

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1160, Issue , 2009, Pages 226-235

  Gundlach, Andrew L ^a   Ma, Sherie ^a   Sang, Qian ^a   Shen, Pei Juan ^a   Piccenna, Loretta ^a   Sedaghat, Katayoun ^a   Smith, Craig M ^a   Bathgate, Ross A D ^a   Lawrence, Andrew J ^a   Tregear, Geoffrey W ^a   Wade, John D ^a   Finkelstein, David I ^b   Bonaventure, Pascal ^c   Liu, Changlu ^c   Lovenberg, Timothy W ^c   Sutton, Steve W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^c JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; GPCR135 142; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Insulin like peptide 3; LGR7 8; Radioligand binding sites; Rat mouse and primate; Relaxin and relaxin 3; RXFP1 2 3; Somatosensory, limbic, and neuroendocrine systems; Stress

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE 3; MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN; RELAXIN 3; RELAXIN RECEPTOR; RELAXIN RECEPTOR RXFP1; RELAXIN RECEPTOR RXFP2; RELAXIN RECEPTOR RXFP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STRESS;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RATTUS;

EID: 64549101551     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.03956.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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