Neurochemical profiling of dopaminergic neurons in the forebrain of a cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-115

  O'Connell, Lauren A ^a,b   Fontenot, Miles R ^a   Hofmann, Hans A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Etv5; Nr4a2; Nurr1; Pitx3; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTATOTILAPIA BURTONI; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REWARD; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CICHLIDS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84873259783     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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