Hypothalamic survival circuits: Blueprints for purposive behaviors

Neuron

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 810-824

  Sternson, Scott M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE;

AGGRESSION; ANOREXIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BASIC NEEDS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL TYPE; CONNECTOME; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUNGER; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHARMACOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STARVATION; SURVIVAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGGRESSION; AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNGER; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876435089     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.02.018     Document Type: Review

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