Suprachiasmatic efferents avoid phenestrated capillaries but innervate neuroendocrine cells, including those producing dopamine

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1312-1320

  Horvath, Tamas L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031039954     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.3.4976     Document Type: Article

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