Identification of osmoresponsive neurons in the forebrain of the rat: A Fos study at the ultrastructural level

Brain Research

Volumn 720, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 25-34

  Bisley, J W ^a   Rees, S M ^a   McKinley, M J ^a   Hards, D K ^a   Oldfield, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

C fos; Circumventricular organ; Lamina terminalis; Organum vasculosum laminae terminalis; Osmoreception

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OSMORECEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030011318     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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