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Vasopressin- and oxytocin-immunoreactive hypothalamic neurones of inbred polydipsic mice.
Brain research bulletin - 1 Jan 1993
Ison A, Yuri K, Ueta Y, Leng G, Koizumi K, Yamashita H, Kawata M
Abstract excerpt
In the late 1950s the inbred polydipsic mice, STR/N, was discovered. The early studies indicated that the extreme polydipsia was not due to a lack of vasopressin but probably due to innate thirst of unknown origin. Because the recent investigation has revealed the presence of some functional abnormality in the brain of the STR/N mouse, we now investigated, using immunohistochemical techniques, distribution of...
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