Presence of vesicular glutamate transporter-2 in hypophysiotropic somatostatin but not growth hormone-releasing hormone neurons of the male rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2120-2126

  Hrabovszky, Erik ^a   Turi, Gergely F ^a   Liposits, Zsolt ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Confocal microscopy; in situ hybridization; Median eminence; Periventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOSTATIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROSECRETION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATOSTATIN CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOMATOSTATIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 18844382620     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04076.x     Document Type: Article

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