Enkephalin innervation of the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: Distribution of fibers and origins of input

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 79-92

  Beaulieu, Johanne ^a   Champagne, Danielle ^a   Drolet, Guy ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enkephalin; Hypothalamus; Opioid; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; ENKEPHALIN; OCTAPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FOREBRAIN; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030005373     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-0618(95)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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