The vertebrate diencephalic MCH system: A versatile neuronal population in an evolving brain

Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 65-87

  Croizier, S ^a,b,c   Cardot, J ^a   Brischoux, F ^a,d   Fellmann, D ^a   Griffond, B ^a   Risold, P Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Comparative anatomy; Development; Hypocretin orexin; Hypothalamus; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS HORMONE; MELANIN; MELANIN-CONCENTRATING HORMONE;

ANURA; BATRACHIAN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARTILAGINOUS FISH; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DIENCEPHALON; FOREBRAIN; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LAMPREY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LUNGFISH; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PHYLOGENY; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SAUROPSID; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENETICS; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; FISHES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; LAMPREYS; MAMMALS; MELANINS; NEURONS; PITUITARY HORMONES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84877681186     PISSN: 00913022     EISSN: 10956808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yfrne.2012.10.001     Document Type: Review

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