Histamine-immunoreactive neurons of the tuberomammillary nucleus are innervated by α-melanocyte stimulating hormone-containing axons. Generation of a new histamine antiserum for ultrastructural studies

Brain Research

Volumn 969, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 70-77

  Fekete, Csaba ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Histamine reactive; Histaminergic receptor; Leptin; Melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTISERUM; COLLOIDAL GOLD; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; FIXATIVE; HISTAMINE; LEPTIN; SILVER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL LABELING; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TUBEROMAMMILLARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0037453309     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02279-0     Document Type: Article

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