Sensory circumventricular organs in health and disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 689-705

  Sisó, Sílvia ^a   Jeffrey, Martin ^a   González, Lorenzo ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal model; Circumventricular organs; Homeostasis; Neuroimmunology; Pathology; Prion

Indexed keywords

AMYLOIDOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BODY FLUID; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SENSOR; SENSORY CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGAN; SEPSIS; STRESS; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; AREA POSTREMA; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN;

EID: 78651082269     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0743-5     Document Type: Review

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