A putative morphological substrate of the catecholamine-influenced neuropeptide Y (NPY) release in the human hypothalamus

Neuropeptides

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-203

  Ko, Laam ^a,c   Rotoli, Giorgio ^a   Grignol, George ^a   Hu, Walter ^a   Merchenthaler, Istvan ^b   Dudas, Bertalan ^a  

^a LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ingham Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Human hypothalamus; Immunohistochemistry; Neuronal interactions; Neuropeptide y

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SYNAPSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; SYNAPSES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79955641252     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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