Morphometric analysis of vasopressin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide neurons in the human suprachiasmatic nucleus: Influence of microwave treatment

Brain Research

Volumn 742, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 334-338

  Zhou, Jiang Ning ^a   Hofman, Michel A ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antigen retrieval; microwave; morphometry; suprachiasmatic nucleus; vasoactive intestinal polypeptide; vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROWAVES; MIDDLE AGED; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0030566696     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)00787-1     Document Type: Article

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