Strain differences in the distribution of arginine-vasopressin- and neuropeptide Y-immunoreactive neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus of laboratory rats

Brain Research

Volumn 724, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-199

  Wollnik, Franziska ^a   Bihler, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Neuropeptide Y; Rat; Strain difference; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RUNNING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030591468     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00318-6     Document Type: Article

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