Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 248-252 , December 2008

Cocaine- and Amphetamine-regulated Transcript (CART) Peptide and the Mesolimbic and Nigrostriatal Dopaminergic Systems

  • Shu-Chuan Yang

      Affiliations

    • General Education Center, Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kun-Ruey Shieh

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Physiology, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, 701, Section 3, Chung-Yang Road, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 10 March 2008 ,Revised 28 March 2008 ,Accepted 5 April 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60047-6

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60047-6

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 248-252 , December 2008

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