Direct projections from catecholaminergic neurons in the caudal ventrolateral medulla to vasopressin-containing neurons in the supraoptic nucleus: A triple-labeling electron microscope study in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-48

  Shioda, Seiji ^a   Nakai, Yasumitsu ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

catecholamine; caudal ventrolateral medulla; electron microscopy; immunocytochemistry; rat; supraoptic nucleus; vasopressin; wheat germ agglutinin conjugated horseradish peroxidase

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; CATECHOLAMINE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSINS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030604174     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13283-3     Document Type: Article

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