Hypothyroidism increases Fos immunoreactivity in cholinergic neurons of brain medullary dorsal vagal complex in rats

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 289, Issue 5 52-5, 2005, Pages

  Yuan, Pu Qing ^a,b   Yang, Hong ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Area postrema; Dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus; Nucleus tractus solitarii; Thyroid hormone; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; PROTEIN C FOS; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROXINE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AREA POSTREMA; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUTHYROIDISM; GENE LOCATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AREA POSTREMA; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; DNA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; THYROXINE; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 27144467677     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00108.2005     Document Type: Article

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