Coexistence of intestinal trefoil factor (hITF) and oxytocin in magnocellular neurons in the human hypothalamus

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 121-124

  Griepentrog, T ^a   Bauer, M ^b   Hornstein, C ^b   Sauer, H ^a   Jirikowski, Gustav F ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b Department of Neuropathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colocalization; Human Hypothalamus; Magnocellular Nuclei; Oxytocin; Trefoil Peptide

Indexed keywords

INTESTINAL TREFOIL FACTOR; NEUROPHYSIN; OXYTOCIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

LOTUS;

EID: 0034107476     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-978604     Document Type: Article

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