Glutamatergic innervation of the hypothalamic median eminence and posterior pituitary of the rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1383-1392

  Hrabovszky, E ^a   Deli, L ^a   Turi, G F ^a   Kallo I ^a,b   Liposits, Z ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

glutamate; hypophysiotropic; neurosecretion; portal circulation; synaptic vesicle; VGLUT2

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; COLLOIDAL GOLD; FLUOROGOLD; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SV2; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROSECRETION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANUM VASCULOSUM; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERIKARYON; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STILBAMIDINES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2;

EID: 33846326275     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.10.053     Document Type: Article

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