Water deprivation increases the expression of neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) but not orexin-A in the lateral hypothalamic area of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-193

  Yao, Song T ^a,b   Gouraud, Sabine ^a   Paton, Julian F R ^b   Murphy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drinking behavior; Feeding; Fluid homeostasis; Hypothalamus; Orexin; Osmotic regulation

Indexed keywords

NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; OREXIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FLUID BALANCE; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN MAPPING; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; WATER DEPRIVATION;

EID: 23744449862     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20662     Document Type: Article

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