Survival and regeneration of neurons of the supraoptic nucleus following surgical transection of neurohypophysial axons depend on the existence of collateral projections of these neurons to the dorsolateral hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 711, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 34-43

  Alonso, Gérard ^a   Bribes, Estelle ^a   Chauvet, Norbert ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Oxytocin; Rat brain; Retrograde degeneration; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGENERATION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0029874375     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01350-4     Document Type: Article

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