Variable proopiomelanocortin expression in tanycytes of the adult rat hypothalamus and pituitary stalk.
Wittmann G, Farkas E, Szilvásy-Szabó A, Gereben B, Fekete C, Lechan RM.
Wittmann G, et al.
J Comp Neurol. 2017 Feb 15;525(3):411-441. doi: 10.1002/cne.24090. Epub 2016 Sep 2.
J Comp Neurol. 2017.
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It is generally believed that proopiomelanocortin (POMC) is expressed exclusively by neurons in the adult rodent brain. Unbeknownst to most researchers, however, Pomc in situ hybridization studies in the rat show specific labeling in the ventral wall o …
It is generally believed that proopiomelanocortin (POMC) is expressed exclusively by neurons in the adult rodent brain. …