GABAergic projection from the arcuate nucleus to the supraoptic nucleus in the rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 281, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 195-197

  Ludwig, Mike ^a   Leng, Gareth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Electrophysiology; Hypothalamus; Microdialysis administration; Muscimol

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; OXYTOCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BICUCULLINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MICRODIALYSIS; MUSCIMOL; RATS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033995533     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00846-6     Document Type: Article

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