Vasoactive intestinal peptide neurons as synaptic targets for vasopressin neurons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Double-label immunocytochemical demonstration in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 859-870

  Jacomy, H ^a,b   Burlet, A ^a   Bosler, O ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Double labeling; Suprachiasmatic nucleus; Synaptic interactions; Vasoactive intestinal peptide; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; AXONS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0032890171     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00259-0     Document Type: Article

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