Distribution of preprovasopressin mRNA in the rat central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-200

  Hallbeck, Martin ^a   Hermanson, Ola ^a,b   Blomqvist, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal mRNA; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Parabrachial nucleus; Paraventricular hypothalamus; Periaqueductal gray matter

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASOPRESSIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; ENKEPHALINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXYTOCIN; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0033598151     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990823)411:2<181::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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