Inner capillary diameter of hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of female rat increases during lactation

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Cortés Sol, Albertina ^a   Lara Garcia, Miguel ^a   Alvarado, Mayvi ^a   Hudson, Robyn ^b   Berbel, Pere ^c   Pacheco, Pablo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Hypothalamus; Inner capillary diameter; Lactation; Neurovascular compartment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; DENDRITE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GLIA; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; INNER CAPILLARY DIAMETER; LACTATION; MICROVASCULATURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; LACTATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84872119888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-14-7     Document Type: Article

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