Tyrosine hydroxylase expression in differentiating neurons of the rat arcuate nucleus: Stimulatory influence of serotonin afferents

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-284

  Melnikova, Viktoria I ^a   Ugrumov, Michael V ^a,b   Proshlyakova, Evgenia V ^a   Calas, André ^c   Thibault, Jean ^d  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b P K ANOKHIN INSTITUTE OF NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Development; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; Raphe nucleus

Indexed keywords

FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036259828     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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