Activation by systemic angiotensin II of neurochemically identified neurons in rat hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 453-459

  Dawson, Corinne A ^a   Jhamandas, Jack H ^a   Krukoff, Teresa L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

AT1 receptor; c fos; Hypothalamus; Nitric oxide; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYTOCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0031801484     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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