title: Development of tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive neurons in the human paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus.
abstract: Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive (TH-IR) neurons were found in the developing human paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus. In the preterm infants only few, small, incompletely differentiated TH-IR neurons were evident in a minority of the cases. In the full-term infants a considerable but strongly variable population of morphologically mature TH-IR perikarya was observed in these neuroendocrine nuclei in most subjects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Athens, Eginition Hospital, Greece.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Panayotacopoulou
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Swaab
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010286:Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D013495:Supraoptic Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development*; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D014667:Vasopressins; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase