Distribution of oxytocin-immunoreactive neuronal elements in the rat spinal cord

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-346

  Jójárt, Julianna ^a   Jojart I ^b   Boda, Krisztina ^a   Gálfi, Márta ^a   Mihaly A ^a   B Baldauf, Zs ^a   Vecsernyes M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Erzsebet Hospital   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Distribution; Immunocytochemistry; Oxytocin; Radioimmunoassay; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COCCYGEAL BONE; EPENDYMA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPHYSINS; OXYTOCIN; POSTERIOR HORN CELLS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SPINAL CORD;

RATTUS;

EID: 73949111634     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: 1588256X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ABiol.60.2009.4.1     Document Type: Article

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