Relaxin-3 innervation of the intergeniculate leaflet of the rat thalamus - neuronal tract-tracing and in vitro electrophysiological studies

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1284-1294

  Blasiak, Anna ^a   Blasiak, Tomasz ^a   Lewandowski, Marian H ^a   Hossain, Mohammed Akhter ^b   Wade, John D ^b   Gundlach, Andrew L ^b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arousal; Circadian rhythms; Periaqueductal grey; Relaxin family peptide receptor 3; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RELAXIN; RELAXIN 3; RELAXIN FAMILY PEPTIDE RECEPTOR 3; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTERGENICULATE LEAFLET OF THE THALAMUS; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RELAXIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; THALAMUS;

EID: 84876339183     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12155     Document Type: Article

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