Neurotransmitter specificity of cells and fibers in the medial preoptic nucleus: An immunohistochentical study in the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 343-363

  Simerly, R B ^a   Gorski, R A ^b   Swanson, L W ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; preoptic region; sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CATECHOLAMINES; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NEUROTENSIN; NEUROTRANSMITTERS; PITUITARY HORMONES; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBSTANCE P; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0022547752     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.902460305     Document Type: Article

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