Distribution of vasopressin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) fibers in the human hypothalamus with special emphasis on suprachiasmatic nucleus efferent projections

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 383, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 397-414

  Dai, Jiapei ^a   Swaab, Dick F ^a   Buijs, Ruud M ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anteroventral hypothalamic area; CRH; Dorsomedial nucleus of hypothalamus; Paraventricular nucleus; Sub paraventricular zone

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DORSOMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0030759684     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970714)383:4<397::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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