Plasticity of melanotrope cell regulations in Xenopus laevis

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2082-2086

  Roubos, Eric W ^a   Van Wijk, Diane C W A ^a   Kozicz, Tamás ^a   Scheenen, Wim J J M ^a   Jenks, Bruce G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

MSH; Magnocellular nucleus; Neuropeptides; Plasticity; POMC; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DOPAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SEROTONIN;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; DARKNESS; DIET RESTRICTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; ILLUMINATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MELANOPHORE; MELANOTROPH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; SKIN COLOR; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MELANOPHORES; MELANOTROPHS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 78650035584     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07526.x     Document Type: Article

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