Nitric oxide synthase-containing magnocellular neurons of the rat hypothalamus synthesize oxytocin and vasopressin and express Fos following stress stimuli

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 243-256

  Hatakeyama, Shuji ^a   Kawai, Yoshinori ^a   Ueyama, Takashi ^a   Senba, Emiko ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C fos; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Oxytocin; Rat; Supraoptic nucleus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD; STRESS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, FOS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYTOCIN; PAIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; SALINE SOLUTION, HYPERTONIC; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0030272477     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(96)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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