Innervation and control of the adenohypophysis by hypothalamic peptidergic neurons in teleost fishes: EM immunohistochemical evidence

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-35

  Batten, Trevor F C ^a,c   Moons, Lieve ^b   Vandesande, Frans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immunogold; Nerve terminal; Neuropeptide; Pituitary; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BINDING SITES; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; PEPTIDES; PHYSIOLOGY;

EMBEDDINGS; GROWTH HORMONES; IMMUNOGOLD; IMMUNOREACTIVITIES; INTERMEDIA; NERVE TERMINALS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PITUITARY; SUPERFUSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FIBERS;

ARGIPRESTOCIN; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GALANIN; ISOTOCIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTENSIN; PROTIRELIN; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; TELEOST;

EID: 0032963392     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990101)44:1<19::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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