TY  - JOUR
A1  - ,  
T1  - Neuropeptides in the cat diencephalon: II. Hypohalamus
JO  - Eur. J. Anat.
SN  - 1136-4890
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 6
SP  - 47
EP  - 57
UR  - http://www.eurjanat.com/web/paper.php?id=02010047
KW  - neuropeptide
KW  - animal tissue
KW  - cat
KW  - diencephalon
KW  - hypothalamus
KW  - mammal
KW  - neuroanatomy
KW  - nonhuman
KW  - peptidergic nervous system
KW  - protein function
KW  - protein localization
KW  - review
N2  - We have reviewed the distribution and functions of neuropeptides in the cat hypothalamus. Our review focuses in the cat hypothalamus on the following points: 1) the distribution and coexistence of neuropeptides; 2) the anatomical relationships among the different neuropeptides; 3) the peptidergic pathways (afferences and efferences); 4) comparison of the distribution of neuropeptides in the mammalian hypothalamus; and 5) the physiological functions of neuropeptides. Although at present the distribution of many neuropeptides in the hypothalamus of the cat is known, there is little information about other aspects of neuropeptides in the same diencephalic region. Thus, in order to know more the distribution and functions of neuropeptides in the cat hypothalamus in detail, in the future appropriate methodologies must be applied in order to determine, for example, the distribution of the neuropeptide receptors, the distribution of neuropeptidases, the peptidergic synaptic connections, the coexistence of neuropeptides and the physiological actions of the neuropeptides in the cat hypothalamus.
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