Forebrain projections of arcuate neurokinin b neurons demonstrated by anterograde tract-tracing and monosodium glutamate lesions in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 680-697

  Krajewski, S J ^a   Burke, M C ^a   Anderson, M J ^a   Mcmullen, N T ^a   Rance, N E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynorphin; Estrogen; GnRH; Kisspeptin; LH; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DYNORPHIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUTAMATE SODIUM; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROKININ 3 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ B; NEURONAL TRACT TRACER;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PALISADE PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDIAN EMINENCE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROKININ B; NEURONAL TRACT-TRACERS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77951887582     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.12.053     Document Type: Article

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