Taurine in rat posterior pituitary: Localization in astrocytes and selective release by hypoosmotic stimulation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 381, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-523

  Miyata, Seiji ^a,c   Matsushima, Osamu ^b   Hatton, Glenn I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

electron microscopy; glial fibrillary acidic protein; HPLC; immunohistochemistry; pituicytes

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TAURINE;

EID: 0030946005     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970519)381:4<513::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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