GABA-ergic innervation of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 957, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 251-258

  Fekete, Csaba ^a   Wittmann, Gábor ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a   Lechan, Ronald M ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d +1 617 636 8517 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamic acid decarboxylase; Hypophysiotropic; Neuropeptide Y; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THYROID HORMONES; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0037073571     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(02)03576-X     Document Type: Article

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