VIP fibers in rat optic chiasm and optic nerve arising from the hypothalamus

Peptides

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 263-267

  Fogel, Kristóf ^a   Szeiffert, Gábor ^a   Görcs, Tamás J ^a   Kausz, Mária ^a   Köves, Katalin ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anterograde tracer; Hypothalamoretinal; Immunohistochemistry; Optic chiasm; Optic nerve; Rat; VIP

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENUCLEATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; COLCHICINE; EYE ENUCLEATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0031009913     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00288-4     Document Type: Article

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