Close juxtapositions between luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone-immunoreactive neurons and corticotropin-releasing factor-immunoreactive axons in the human diencephalon

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5778-5784

  Dudás, Bertalan ^a   Merchenthaler, István ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; GONADORELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 0036928788     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2002-020996     Document Type: Article

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