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Vasopressin and angiotensin II are absent but spontaneously reappear in solitary hypothalamic neurons of the homozygous Brattleboro rat.
Neuroscience letters - 24 Jun 1991
van Leeuwen F W, vd Beek E M, van Heerikhuize J J, Sluiter A A, Felix D, Imboden H
Abstract excerpt
The homozygous Brattleboro rat (di/di) synthesizes a vasopressin (VP) precursor with a different C-terminus, which is not packaged in granules. In addition, the expression of a coexisting peptide, angiotensin II (Ang II), is disturbed. During postnatal life a small but increasing number of solitary post-mitotic hypothalamic neurons of the di/di rat undergoes a switch to a genuine heterozygous phenotype. Here we...
Topics
- Angiotensin II
- Animals
- Female
- Gene Expression
- Glycopeptides
- Homozygote
- Hypothalamus
- Male
- Neurons
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Brattleboro
