CRFergic innervation of the paraventricular nucleus of the rat hypothalamus: A tract-tracing study

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-131

  Champagne, Danielle ^a   Beaulieu, Johanne ^a   Drolet, Guy ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; HPA; Retrograde tracer; Stress

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031910255     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1998.00179.x     Document Type: Article

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