Immunohistochemical characterization of the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the intergeniculate leaflet in the hereditary bilaterally microphthalmic rat

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Tokunaga, Akira ^a   Sugita, Shoei ^b   Nagai, Katsuya ^c   Tsutsui, Kimiko ^a   Ohsawa, Kazuhito ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d University of Yamanashi   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intergeniculate leaflet (IGL); Microphthalmic rats; Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SOMATOSTATIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MICROPHTHALMIA; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030935782     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-0102(96)01137-6     Document Type: Article

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