Mapping of Kisspeptin Receptor mRNA in the Whole Rat Brain and its Co-Localisation with Oxytocin in the Paraventricular Nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Higo, S ^a   Honda, S ^a   Iijima, N ^a   Ozawa, H ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPR54; Kisspeptin receptor; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; ARGIPRESSIN; KISS1 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC RAT;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, KISSPEPTIN-1;

EID: 84964950085     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jne.12356     Document Type: Article

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