Neuropeptide Y in the mammalian pineal gland

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 239-256

  Mikkelsen, Jens D ^a,b   Møller, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Zealand Pharma AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Colocalization; Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Mammal; Neuropeptide Y (NPY); Noradrenaline; Norepinephrine; Peptide processing; Pineal gland; ProNPY; Rat; Sympathetic innervation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; COLLAGEN; CYTOLOGY; FIBERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NOREPINEPHRINE; PEPTIDES; TISSUE;

C-TERMINAL PEPTIDES; COLOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALINE; PEPTIDE PROCESSING; PINEAL GLAND; PRONPY; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION;

RATS;

CATECHOLAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHALAMUS; FLUORESCENCE HISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLIONECTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033200335     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990815/01)46:4/5<239::AID-JEMT2>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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