Inter- and intra-nuclear differences in galanin expression between the hypothalamic paraventricular and supraoptic nuclei in colchicine-untreated rats

Brain Research

Volumn 972, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 222-228

  Okere, Chuma O ^a   Waterhouse, Barry D ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galanin; Hypothalamus; Magnocellular neuron; Paraventricular nucleus; Supraoptic nucleus

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; GALANIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; GIANT CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; STAINING; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037449180     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02524-1     Document Type: Article

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