The hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus sends a met-enkephalin projection to the preoptic area's periventricular zone in the female rat

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-210

  Hoffman, G E ^a   Dohanics, J ^a   Watson Jr , R E ^b   Wiegand, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorogold; Immunocytochemistry; Lesions; Opioid peptide; Reproduction; Retrograde tracing; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; IBOTENIC ACID; METENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029995304     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00222-E     Document Type: Article

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