Noradrenergic innervation of hypophysiotropic thyrotropin-releasing hormone-synthesizing neurons in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 1294, Issue , 2009, Pages 38-44

  Füzesi, Tamás ^a   Wittmann, Gábor ^a,b   Lechan, Ronald M ^b,c   Liposits, Zsolt ^a,d   Fekete, Csaba ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Hypertension   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

innervation; Noradrenergic; PNMT; PVN; TRH

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; HORMONE PRECURSOR; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EPINEPHRINE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

RATTUS;

EID: 70149102183     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.094     Document Type: Article

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