Increase of urocortin-like immunoreactivity in the rat hypothalamo- neurohypophysial system after salt loading and hypophysectomy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-130

  Hara, Yuko ^a   Ueta, Yoichi ^b   Isse, Toyohi ^b   Kabashima, Narutoshi ^b   Shibuya, Izumi ^b   Hattori, Yukio ^a   Yamashita, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME SEISHIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Median eminence; Neurosecretory cells; Paraventricular nucleus; Rat; Supraoptic nucleus; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALT INTAKE; SALT LOADING; SODIUM BALANCE; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SALTS;

EID: 0030978899     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00327-3     Document Type: Article

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