Preprovasopressin mRNA is not present in dorsal root ganglia of the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-128

  Hallbeck, Martin ^a   Hermanson, Ola ^a   Blomqvist, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; Spinal cord; Tachykinin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TACHYKININ; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION;

EID: 0029948613     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12616-1     Document Type: Article

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