Spinal cord-projecting vasopressinergic neurons in the rat paraventricular hypothalamus

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 411, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-211

  Hallbeck, Martin ^a   Blomqvist, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization; mRNA; Parvocellular; Retrograde labeling; Subnuclei

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0033598152     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990823)411:2<201::AID-CNE3>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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