Immunolocalization of type or type II activin receptors in the rat brain

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Funaba, Masayuki ^a,b   Murata, Takuya ^a   Fujimura, Hisako ^a   Murata, Eri ^a   Abe, Matanobu ^b   Torii, Kunio ^a,c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin receptors; Immunolocalization; Polyclonal antibody; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; CYTOKINE RECEPTOR; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 1; ANTIBODY; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SERIC GONADOTROPIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; OVARY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE I; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; THALAMUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030614680     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1997.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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