Acute and transient effects of stress on immunoreactive somatostatin cell bodies and fibers in the preoptic-anterior hypothalamus and median eminence of female rats

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-176

  Bhatnagar, Maheep ^a  

^a M L SUKHADIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acute stress effects; Female rats; Preoptic anterior hypothalamus; Somatostatin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0033057228     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02941197     Document Type: Article

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