Distribution of glucocorticoid receptor immunoreactivity and mRNA in the rat brain: An immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-269

  Morimoto, Masafumi ^a   Morita, Noriyuki ^a   Ozawa, Hitoshi ^a   Yokoyama, Keiko ^a   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; KWD immunohistochemistry; Mapping; mRNA; Polyclonal antibody; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN STEM; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PROSENCEPHALON; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030292707     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01105-4     Document Type: Article

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