Expression of the arginine vasopressin gene in response to salt loading in oxytocin gene knockout mice

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Ozaki, Y ^a   Nomura, M ^b   Saito, J ^a   Luedke, C E ^c   Muglia, L J ^d   Matsumoto, T ^a   Ogawa, S ^b   Ueta, Yoichi ^a   Pfaff, D W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ hybridization histochemistry; Oxytocin knockout mice; PVN; SON; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALT LOADING; SODIUM BALANCE; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RNA, MESSENGER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 0742272130     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2004.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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