Age- and gender-specific changes of hypocretin immunopositive neurons in C57Bl/6 mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 472, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-32

  Brownell, Sara E ^a   Conti, Bruno ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Hypocretin; Orexin

Indexed keywords

OREXIN;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 76949086562     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.01.048     Document Type: Article

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