The coexistence of oxytocin and corticotropin-releasing factor in the hypothalamus: an immunocytochemical study in the rat, sheep and hedgehog.
The unlabeled antibody enzyme method has been applied on adjacent sections in order to investigate coexistence of oxytocin (OXY) and corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) within individual neurons of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus of the colchicine-treated rat, sheep and hedgehog. Our results show that, although OXY and CRF immunoreactivities are both expressed by a number of cells in the rat and the sheep paraventricular nucleus, this is not the case for the hedgehog.
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Papadopoulos
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Karamanlidis
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Dinopoulos
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Antonopoulos
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Parnavelas
D000818:Animals; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D006364:Hedgehogs; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009474:Neurons / Q000032:analysis; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012756:Sheep; D013045:Species Specificity; D013194:Staining and Labeling
D010121:Oxytocin; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone