Morphological interactions between glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-iike immunoreactive elements and lutenizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH)-like immunoreactive nerve endings in the median eminence of the rat - Double labeling immunoelectron microscopic study

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 30, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 517-523

  Tamada, Yoshitaka ^a   Hayashi, Seiji ^a   Munekawa, Katsuhiko ^a   Tanaka, Masaki ^a   Ikeda, Teru ^a   Inoue, Keisuke ^a   Ibata, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double labeling immunoelectron microscopy; GFAP; LHRH; Median eminence; Tanycytes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031411557     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.30.517     Document Type: Article

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