Distribution of orexinergic neurons and their terminal networks in the brains of two species of African mole rats

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-42

  Bhagwandin, Adhil ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Bennett, Nigel C ^c   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bathyergus; Comparative neuroanatomy; Cryptomys; Hypocretin; Orexin; Rodent

Indexed keywords

OREXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATHYERGUS SUILLUS; BRAIN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOMYS HOTTENTOTUS; DIENCEPHALON; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIFESTYLE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MOLE RAT; MYELENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OREXINERGIC NEURON; PERIKARYON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RODENT; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLE RATS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650213860     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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