Organization and number of orexinergic neurons in the hypothalamus of two species of Cetartiodactyla: A comparison of giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) and harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 98-109

  Dell, Leigh Anne ^a   Patzke, Nina ^a   Bhagwandin, Adhil ^a,b   Bux, Faiza ^a   Fuxe, Kjell ^c   Barber, Grace ^b   Siegel, Jerome M ^b   Manger, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cetartiodactyla; Comparative neuroanatomy; Evolution; Hypocretin; Mammalia; Orexin

Indexed keywords

OREXIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CETARTIODACTYLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GIANT CELL; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PERIKARYON; PHOCOENA PHOCOENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CELL SIZE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHOCOENA; PHYLOGENY; RUMINANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBTHALAMUS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84864019845     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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