Cyto- and chemoarchitecture of the hypothalamus of a wallaby (Macropus eugenii) with special emphasis on oxytocin and vasopressinergic neurons

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-253

  Cheng, Gang ^a   Marotte, L R ^b   Ashwell, K W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calbindin; Calretinin; Marsupial; Paraventricular; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; OXYTOCIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KANGAROO; MARSUPIAL; NEUROFILAMENT; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; TISSUE SECTION; WALLABY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS, ANTERIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; OXYTOCIN; PREOPTIC AREA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THALAMIC NUCLEI; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VASOPRESSINS; VENTROMEDIAL HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS; MACROPUS EUGENII; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; RODENTIA; THERIA;

EID: 0242404474     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-003-0336-3     Document Type: Article

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