title: Fine structures of nerve fibers with corticotropin-releasing factor-like immunoreactivity in the rat lateral septum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Osaka Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakanaka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Magari
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibasaki
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone