Article
The amount of mutant vasopressin precursor in the supraoptic and paraventricular nucleus of Brattleboro rats increases with age.
Brain research - 22 Feb 1991
van Leeuwen F W, van der Beek E M
Abstract excerpt
In the homozygous diabetes insipidus (di/di) Brattleboro rat an aberrant vasopressin (VP) precursor is synthesized. An antiserum raised against a 14 amino acid sequence of this mutant precursor (CP-14) stains neurons in the supraoptic (SON) and paraventricular nucleus (PVN). In the present study it was shown that during life (i.e. from 16 days up to 83 weeks postnatally) the number of CP-14 SON cells and their...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Female
- Immunohistochemistry
- Male
- Mutation
- Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
- Prodrugs
- Rats
- Rats, Brattleboro
- Sexual Maturation
- Supraoptic Nucleus
