Detection of Neutral Endopeptidase (NEP, Enkephalinase, E.C.3.4.24.11) in Relation to Dopaminergic and Gonadoliberinergic Nerve Endings in the Median Eminence of the Male Rat: A Double Labeling Ultrastructural Study

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 655-664

  Vandenbulcke, Franck ^a   Ciofi, Philippe ^a   Beauvillain, Jean Claude ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

double immunolabeling; median eminence; neutral endopeptidase; paracrine; rat

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; GONADORELIN; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; NEUROTENSIN; TACHYKININ; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GONADORELIN RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; TUBEROHYPOPHYSEAL TRACT;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPAMINE; GONADORELIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEPRILYSIN; NERVE ENDINGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0028557373     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1994.tb00632.x     Document Type: Article

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