Paraventricular nucleus: A site for the integration of neuroendocrine and autonomic mechanisms

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1980, Pages 410-417

  Swanson, L W ^a   Sawchenko, P E ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Hypothalamus; Magnocellular neurosecretory system; Median eminence; Oxytocin; Paraventricular nucleus; Pituitary gland; Somatostatin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS; MEDIAN EMINENCE; PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; RAT;

ANIMAL; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPINEPHRINE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NOREPINEPHRINE; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0019145652     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000123111     Document Type: Article

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