Hypothalamic type II iodothyronine deiodinase: A light and electron microscopic study

Brain Research

Volumn 976, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 130-134

  Diano, Sabrina ^a   Leonard, Jack L ^b   Meli, Rosaria ^c   Esposito, Emanuela ^a,c   Schiavo, Luigi ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deiodinase; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; ENZYME; IODOTHYRONINE DEIODINASE II; MESSENGER RNA; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TANYCYTE;

EID: 0038404892     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02692-1     Document Type: Article

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