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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus
SUBMITTER: David Murphy
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-4130 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Hindmarch Charles C Yao Song S Beighton Gemma G Paton Julian J Murphy David D
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20060123 5
The hypothalamoneurohypophyseal system (HNS) consists of the large peptidergic magnocellular neurons of the supraoptic hypo thalamic nucleus (SON) and the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus (PVN), the axons of which course through the internal zone of the median eminence and terminate at blood capillaries of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland. The HNS is a specialized brain neurosecretory apparatus responsible for the production of the antidiuretic peptide hormone vasopressin (VP). VP m ...[more]