Vasopressin innervation of the mouse (Mus musculus) brain and spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2434-2474

  Rood, Benjamin D ^a   De Vries, Geert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Basal ganglia; Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Dorsal raphe; Immunohistochemistry; Lateral septum

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDIAL AMYGDALA; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MYELENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 79959764791     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22635     Document Type: Article

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