Possible involvement of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the innervation of dopaminergic neurons from the rat periventricular nucleus to the pars intermedia

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1086-1093

  Nakakura, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Watanabe, Yuichi ^b   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Development; Dopaminergic neurons; Hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Pars intermedia; Periventricular nucleus; Pituitary gland; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNERVATION; MALE; MELANOTROPH; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MELANOTROPHS; NEURONS; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, INTERMEDIATE; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 37649024779     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.1086     Document Type: Article

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