Comparison of Transsynaptic Viral Labeling of Central Nervous System Structures from the Uterine Horn in Virgin, Pregnant, and Lactating Rats

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 244-252

  Wiesel, Ory ^a   Tóth, Ida E ^a   Boldogkoi, Zsolt ^a   Hornyák, Ákos ^b   Bokor, Viktória ^a   Halász, Béla ^a   Gerendai, Ida ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Brain; Lactation; Pregnancy; Spinal cord; Viral tracing

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; RATS; VIRUSES;

AREA POSTREMA; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; LABELINGS; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; SPINAL-CORD; SYSTEMS STRUCTURE; TRACING METHOD; VIRAL TRACING;

NEURONS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL LABELING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; UTERUS; UTERUS HORN; VAGUS NERVE; VIRUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542313901     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20034     Document Type: Article

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