Effects of anterolateral and posterolateral cuts around the medial hypothalamus on the immunoreactive ACTH and β-endorphin levels in selected brain regions of the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 353-357

  Barna, István ^a   Koenig, James I ^b   Makara, Gábor B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endorphin; ACTH; Anterolateral cut; Brain regions; Hypothalamic cuts; Medial hypothalamus; Posterolateral cut

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THALAMUS;

EID: 0030937644     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(96)00298-5     Document Type: Article

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