Hybridization histochemical and immunohistochemical localization of inhibin/activin subunits and messenger ribonucleic acids in the rat brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 364, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 473-493

  Roberts, Veronica J ^a,d   Barth, Sara L ^a   Meunier, Helene ^c   Vale, Wylie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d Department of Reproductive Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; reproduction; S1 nuclease protection analysis; solitary tract nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS NUCLEASE S1; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030068337     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960115)364:3<473::AID-CNE7>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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