A study of the gonadotropin releasing hormone neuronal network in the median eminence of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) using a post-embedding immunolabelling procedure

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 813-821

  Durrant, A R ^a   Plant, Tony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Glia; Hypothalamus; Neuroendocrine axons; Prinate; Synaptic and synaptoid contacts

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE NET; ORGANELLES; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; PUBERTY;

EID: 0032824077     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.1999.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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