Fine structures of nerve fibers with corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in the rat lateral septum.
The fine structures of nerve fibers with corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-like immunoreactivity in the rat lateral septum were investigated by means preembedding immunoelectron microscopy. A number of CRF axon terminals formed synapses with cell bodies of non-immunoreactive septal neurons. They occasionally had broad terminal bulges whose subregions showed little or no immunoreactivity for CRF. CRF axon terminals were also in synaptic contact with non-immunoreactive dendrites or dendritic spines. Some dendrites with CRF were postsynaptic to non-immunoreactive axon terminals.
Sakanaka
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Department of Anatomy, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
Magari
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Shibasaki
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D000818:Animals; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000032:analysis*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000032:analysis* / Q000166:cytology
D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone