An accessory magnocellular nucleus, anterior commissural nucleus, in the rat hypothalamus: Immunohistochemical, tract-tracing, in situ hybridization, and experimental studies

Biogenic Amines

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-348

  Grinevich, V ^a   Akmayev, I ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anterior commissural nucleus; Corticotropin releasing factor; Hypophysectomy; Hypothalamus; Immobilization; Oxytocin; Salt load; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; RAT; SALT LOADING; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; OXY; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; TERMINALIS;

EID: 0030843408     PISSN: 01688561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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