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The distribution of melanin-concentrating hormone in the monkey brain (Cebus apella)
J C Bittencourt1, L Frigo, R A Rissman
1Department of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-900 SP, Brazil. jacibi@usp.br
Brain Research
|September 5, 1998
Abstract:
Melanin-concentrating hormone was identified in the brain of Cebus monkey using immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization. MCH-immunoreactive neurons were found in the lateral hypothalamus and dorsolateral zona incerta. MCH-ir fibers were seen in the medial mammillary nucleus, and in the median eminence, and very few fibers in the globus pallidus. This is the first report describing the MCH-ir cell and fiber distribution in the monkey brain.