Biocytin filling of adult gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons in situ reveals extensive, spiny, dendritic processes

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1163-1169

  Campbell, Rebecca E ^a   Han, Seong Kyu ^a   Herbison, Allan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; GONADOTROPIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AVIDIN; COLORING AGENTS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14244261469     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1369     Document Type: Article

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