Differential responses of oxytocin and vasopressin neurons to the osmotic and stressful components of hypertonic saline injections: A Fos protein double labeling study

Brain Research

Volumn 719, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 143-153

  Xiong, Jin Jun ^a   Hatton, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Equithesin; Immunocytochemistry; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

EQUITHESIN; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030009910     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01466-7     Document Type: Article

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