Chemical identity and connections of medial preoptic area neurons expressing melanin-concentrating hormone during lactation

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-62

  Rondini, Tatiane Araujo ^a   Donato Jr , José ^b   Rodrigues, Bruno de Crudis ^a   Bittencourt, Jackson Cioni ^a   Elias, Carol Fuzeti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Lactation; MC; Neuropeptides; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRACER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INNERVATION; LACTATION; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTATION; MELANINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 71849094926     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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