Differential expression of five N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor subunit mRNAs in vasopressin and oxytocin neuroendocrine cells

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 262-272

  Al Ghoul, Walid M ^a   Meeker, Rick B ^a   Greenwood, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Double labeling; Glutamate; Hybridization; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; In situ; mRNA; NMDA; NR1; NR2; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VASOPRESSINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031039471     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00205-7     Document Type: Article

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