Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , April 2010

Distribution of neuropeptide W in the rat brain

  • Fumiko Takenoya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • Department of Physical Education, Hoshi University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, 2-4-41 Ebara, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8501, Japan
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  • Michiko Yagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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  • Haruaki Kageyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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  • Kanako Shiba

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
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  • Kei Endo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoko Nonaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Dentistry, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • ,
  • Yukari Date

      Affiliations

    • Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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  • Masamitsu Nakazato

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, Respirology, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kiyotake, Miyazaki 889-1692, Japan
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  • Seiji Shioda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 3 3784 8103; fax: +81 3 3784 6815.

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doi: 10.1016/j.npep.2009.10.007

Neuropeptides
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 99-106 , April 2010

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