Expression of corticosteroid-binding protein in the human hypothalamus, co-localization with oxytocin and vasopressin

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-259

  Sivukhina, Elena V ^a,b   Jirikowski, G F ^a   Bernstein, H G ^c   Lewis, J G ^d   Herbert, Z ^e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b KURSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co localization; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Human hypothalamo neurohypophyseal system; Median eminence; Oxytocin; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; TRANSCORTIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EPENDYMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INFUNDIBULUM; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

AGED; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCORTIN; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 33744910080     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-925346     Document Type: Article

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