Leptin receptor-positive and leptin receptor-negative proopiomelanocortin neurons innervate an identical set of brain structures

Brain Research

Volumn 1646, Issue , 2016, Pages 366-376

  Lima, Leandro B ^a   Metzger, Martin ^a   Furigo, Isadora C ^a   Donato, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Melanocortin; POMC; ROSA26 Crereporter; MSH endorphin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXON; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

EID: 84975706573     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2016.06.024     Document Type: Article

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