The glutamatergic innervation of oxytocin- and vasopressin-secreting neurons in the rat supraoptic nucleus and its contribution to lactation-induced synaptic plasticity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1377-1389

  Majdoubi, M E I ^a   Poulain, D A ^a   Theodosis, D T ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Glutamate; Hypothalamus; Immunogold; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; INNERVATION; LACTATION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; OXYTOCIN RELEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACTATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0029952642     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1996.tb01600.x     Document Type: Article

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