Co-culture of hypothalamic neurons and melanotrope cells: A model to study synaptogenesis between central neurons and endocrine cells

Neuroscience

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 203-214

  Rene F ^a   Poisbeau, P ^a   Egles, C ^a   Schlichter, R ^a   Felix J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

dopamine; GABA; hypothalamus; intermediate lobe of the pituitary; neuroendocrine synapse; patch clamp recording

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; INTERMEDIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030571583     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00279-5     Document Type: Article

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