Immunocytochemical evidence for direct synaptic connections between corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) and gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH)- containing neurons in the preoptic area of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 439, Issue 1-2, 1988, Pages 391-395

  MacLusky, N J ^a   Naftolin, F ^a   Leranth, C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); Gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH); Medial preoptic area

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; RAT; REPRODUCTION; STRESS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; PITUITARY HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONES; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0023867745     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(88)91501-6     Document Type: Article

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