Cellular localization of the prohormone convertases in the hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei: Selective regulation of PC1 in corticotrophin-releasing hormone parvocellular neurons mediated by glucocorticoids

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 563-575

  Dong, Weijia ^a   Seidel, Bertolt ^a   Marcinkiewicz, Mieczyslaw ^a   Chrétien, Michel ^a   Seidah, Nabil G ^a   Day, Robert ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; immunohistochemistry; in situ hybridization; neuropeptides; processing; proprotein convertases

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE PRECURSOR; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031031519     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-02-00563.1997     Document Type: Article

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