Angiotensin-(1-7) immunoreactivity in the hypothalamus of the (mRen-2d) 27 transgenic rat

Brain Research

Volumn 798, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 36-45

  Krob, H Alexander ^a   Vinsant, Sharon L ^a   Ferrario, Carlos M ^a   Friedman, David P ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Angiotensin 1 7; Hypothalamic nucleus; Immunocytochemistry; Renin; Transgenic rat; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; OXYTOCIN; RENIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; OXYTOCIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RENIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032490658     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00384-9     Document Type: Article

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