Combination of immunohistochemical and in situ hybridization methods to reveal tyrosine hydroxylase and oxytocin and vasopressin mRNAs in magnocellular neurons of obese Zucker rats

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-43

  Fetissov, Sergueï O ^a   Marsais, Florence ^b  

^a Surg Metab and Nutr Laboratory   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Double labelling; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neuronal plasticity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OXYTOCIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; GIANT CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURONS; OBESITY; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RNA, MESSENGER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0032894974     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00059-2     Document Type: Article

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