Article
Expression of tyrosine hydroxylase and vasopressin in magnocellular neurons of salt-loaded aged rats.
Microscopy research and technique - 15 Jan 2002
Marsais F, Parmentier C, Terao E, Taxi J, Calas A
Abstract excerpt
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is expressed in catecholaminergic neurons. However, under certain conditions it is also ectopically expressed in magnocellular neurons of the hypothalamus. To test the hypothesis that this expression of TH is related to the cellular activation of these neurons and/or to the vasopressin (VP) expression, we studied the expression of both TH and VP in control and salt-loaded aged rats. Our...
Topics
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Aging
- Animals
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Neuronal Plasticity
- Neurons
- Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
- Phenotype
- Rats
