C-fos mRNA pattern and corticotropin-releasing factor neuronal activity throughout the brain of rats injected centrally with a prostaglandin of E2 type

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 163-179

  Lacroix, Steve ^a   Vallières, Luc ^a   Rivest, Serge ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

c fos; Corticotropin releasing factor; Corticotropin releasing factor receptor; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Immediate early genes; Immune response; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization histochemistry; Intronic probe technology; Male rats; Neuroendocrinology; Oxytocin; paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus; Supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030298029     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(96)00114-2     Document Type: Article

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