Article
Fos synthesis in identified magnocellular neurons varies with phenotype, stimulus, location in the hypothalamus and reproductive state.
Brain research - 31 Oct 1994
Fénelon V S, Theodosis D T, Poulain D A
Abstract excerpt
The present study compared Fos expression in identified hypothalamic magnocellular neurons in lactating and non-lactating female rats submitted to acute haemorrhage or 24 h of water deprivation, stimuli that induce the release of both oxytocin and vasopressin. Quantitative analysis of preparation...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Hemorrhage
- Hypothalamus
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lactation
- Neurons
- Oxytocin
- Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus
- Phenotype
- Pregnancy
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Reproduction
- Supraoptic Nucleus
- Vasopressins
- Water Deprivation
