Immunocytochemical observation of ghrelin-containing neurons in the rat arcuate nucleus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 321, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-160

  Lu, S ^a   Guan, J L ^a   Wang, Q P ^a   Uehara, K ^a   Yamada, S ^a   Goto, N ^a   Date, Y ^b   Nakazato, M ^b   Kojima, M ^a   Kangawa, K ^a   Shioda, S ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Electron microscopy; Ghrelin; Immunocytochemistry; Synapse

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL COUNT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; DENDRITES; EATING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGANELLES; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 0037155558     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02544-7     Document Type: Article

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