Direct link from the suprachiasmatic nucleus to hypothalamic neurons projecting to the spinal cord: A combined tracing study using cholera toxin subunit B and Phaseolus vulgaris-leucoagglutinin

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 671-680

  Vrang, Niels ^a   Mikkelsen, Jens D ^b   Larsen, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Double immunohistochemistry; Pineal gland; Rat; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; LEUKOAGGLUTININ;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL GLAND FUNCTION; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTERNEURONS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030667968     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00138-X     Document Type: Article

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