Discrete melanocortin-sensitive neuroanatomical pathway linking the ventral premmamillary nucleus to the paraventricular hypothalamus

Neuroscience

Volumn 240, Issue , 2013, Pages 70-82

  Gautron, L ^a   Cravo, R M ^a   Elmquist, J K ^a,b   Elias, C F ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Leptin; Melanocortin; Mouse; Oxytocin; Reproduction; Tracing

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEPTIN; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN FOS; SEXUAL ODORANT; STAT3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOUSE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VENTRAL PREMMAMILLARY NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BIOTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEPTIN; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ODORS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS V-FOS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84875773059     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.02.024     Document Type: Article

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