Distribution of catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes and some neuropeptides in the median eminence-arcuate nucleus complex (MEARC) of the immature female pig

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 419-434

  Sienkiewicz, Waldemar ^a   Majewski, Mariusz ^a   Kaleczyc, Jerzy ^a   Łakomy, Miroslaw ^a  

^a UNIV OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

arcuate nucleus; catecholamine synthesizing enzymes; median eminence; neuropeptides; pig

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; ENKEPHALIN; GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029804470     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(96)80009-2     Document Type: Article

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