Hypothalamic melanin-concentrating hormone projections to the septo-hippocampal complex in the rat

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Lima, Fernando F B ^a,b   Sita, Luciane V ^a   Oliveira, Amanda R ^a   Costa, Helder C ^a   da Silva, Joelcimar M ^a   Mortara, Renato A ^c   Haemmerle, Carlos A S ^a   Xavier, Gilberto F ^a   Canteras, Newton S ^a   Bittencourt, Jackson C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cholinergic neurons; Food intake; Incerto hypothalamic area; Lateral hypothalamic area; Motivated behavior; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCERTO HYPOTHALAMUS; INNERVATION; INTERNUCLEAR HYPOTHALAMUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDIAL SEPTAL NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PERIFORNIX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MELANINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PITUITARY HORMONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84873248368     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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