Article
Characterization of hypothalamic neurons expressing a neuropeptide receptor, GALR2, using combined in situ hybridization-immunohistochemistry.
Methods (San Diego, Calif.) - 1 Aug 1999
Nichol K A, Depczynski B B, Cunningham A M
Abstract excerpt
Our laboratory is interested in characterizing the neurotransmitter and hormonal phenotype of neurons in the rat hypothalamus expressing novel neuropeptide receptors of the neuropeptide Y and galanin families. In this review, we describe a technique combining nonradioactive in situ hybridization to detect mRNA and fluorescence immunohistochemistry to detect protein antigens. We examined paraffin sections of rat...
Topics
- Animals
- Hypothalamus
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Male
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
