Galanin- but not galanin-like peptide-containing axon terminals innervate hypophysiotropic TRH-synthesizing neurons in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Brain Research

Volumn 1002, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-50

  Wittmann, Gábor ^a   Sarkar, Sumit ^b   Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a   Lechan, Ronald M ^b,c   Fekete, Csaba ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Galanin, galanin like peptide; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Innervation; Thyrotropin releasing hormone

Indexed keywords

APPETITE STIMULANT; GALANIN; PEPTIDE; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOOD INTAKE; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VARICOSIS;

EID: 1342300603     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.12.022     Document Type: Article

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