Distribution of alarin immunoreactivity in the mouse brain

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-32

  Eberhard, Nicole ^a   Mayer, Christian ^b   Santic, Radmila ^a   Navio, Ruben Peco ^b   Wagner, Andrea ^a,c   Bauer, Hans Christian ^a,c   Sperk, Guenther ^d   Boehm, Ulrich ^b   Kofler, Barbara ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alarin; Central nervous system; Cre recombinase; Diphtheria toxin; Galanin like peptide; Neuropeptide; Recombineering

Indexed keywords

ALARIN; ANTISERUM; GALANIN LIKE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GALANIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT ANIMAL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VENTRAL COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; EPITHALAMUS; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; PONS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; THALAMUS;

MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

AGE FACTORS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GALANIN-LIKE PEPTIDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPEPTIDES; RABBITS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84858865582     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9546-y     Document Type: Article

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