Distinct neurochemical populations in the rat central nucleus of the amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis: Evidence for their selective activation by interleukin-1β

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-128

  Day, Heidi E W ^a   Curran, Eileen J ^b   Watson Jr , Stanley J ^a   Akil, Huda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aminobutyric acid; C fos; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Enkephalin; Neurotensin

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRIA TERMINALIS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ENKEPHALINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROTENSIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; THALAMUS;

EID: 0033547212     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991011)413:1<113::AID-CNE8>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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