Visualization of corticotropin-releasing factor neurons by fluorescent proteins in the mouse brain and characterization of labeled neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus

Endocrinology (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4054-4060

  Itoi, Keiichi ^a,b   Talukder, Ashraf Hossain ^a   Fuse, Toshimitsu ^a   Kaneko, Takuji ^a   Ozawa, Ryo ^a   Sato, Takayuki ^a   Sugaya, Takuma ^a   Uchida, Katsuya ^a   Yamazaki, Maya ^c   Abe, Manabu ^c   Natsume, Rie ^c   Sakimura, Kenji ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPEPTIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; NORADRENALIN; VASOPRESSIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL TRACKING; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PROCEDURES; STAINING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL TRACKING; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84907211272     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2014-1182     Document Type: Article

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