Immunohistochemical characterization of the peptidergic innervation of the rat adrenal gland

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 315-322

  Holgert, H ^a,b   Dagerlind, A ^a   Hokfelt T ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acethylcholine; Coexistence; Development; Enkephalin; Galanin; Nitric Oxide; NPY; PACAP; Sensory Neurons; Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; GALANIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031780692     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978891     Document Type: Article

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