Kisspeptin neurons co-express met-enkephalin and galanin in the rostral periventricular region of the female mouse hypothalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3456-3469

  Porteous, Robert ^a   Petersen, Sandra L ^b   Yeo, Shel Hwa ^a   Bhattarai, Janardhan P ^c   Ciofi, Philippe ^d   D'anglemont de Tassigny, Xavier ^e   Colledge, William H ^e   Caraty, Alain ^f   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

Author keywords

AVPV; Cholecystokinin; Enkephalin; Galanin; GnRH; Kisspeptin; Neurotensin; RP3V

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; COLCHICINE; GALANIN; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 10 ANTIBODY; METENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTENSIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEROVENTRAL THIRD VENTRICLE REGION; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS ROSTRAL PERIVENTRICULAR REGION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; GALANIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; MICE; NEURONS; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 80053244697     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22716     Document Type: Article

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