β-Endorphin-, adrenocorticotrophic hormone- and neuropeptide Y- containing projection fibers from the arcuate hypothalamic nucleus make synaptic contacts on to nucleus preopticus medianus neurons projecting to the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus in the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 555-565

  Kawano, H ^a   Masuko, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Nucleus tractus solitarius; Proopiomelanocortin derived peptides; Retrograde tracing; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SENSORY NERVE; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PREOPTIC AREA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; SYNAPSES; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0034086888     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00134-2     Document Type: Article

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