Lactation-induced plasticity in the supraoptic nucleus augments axodendritic and axosomatic GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses: An ultrastructural analysis using the disector method

Neuroscience

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1137-1147

  El Majdoubi, M ^a   Poulain, D A ^a   Theodosis, D T ^a  

^a INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Hypothalamo neurohypophysial system; Immunogold; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DISSECTION; EMBEDDING; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LACTATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; LACTATION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030805818     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00193-0     Document Type: Article

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