2001
Turnover of Rat Brain Perivascular Cells
Bechmann I, Kwidzinski E, Kovac A, Simbürger E, Horvath T, Gimsa U, Dirnagl U, Priller J, Nitsch R. Turnover of Rat Brain Perivascular Cells. Experimental Neurology 2001, 168: 242-249. PMID: 11259112, DOI: 10.1006/exnr.2000.7618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain perivascular spacesBone marrow transplantationPerivascular spacesPerivascular cellsMarrow transplantationAdult ratsBlood borne macrophagesBrain perivascular cellsHealthy adult ratsEx vivo isolationMonocyte/macrophage lineageHigh phagocytic capacityNormal adult ratsMHC mismatchIntraventricular injectionBrain parenchymaIntracerebral injectionAntigen presentationImmune surveillanceDonor macrophagesPhagocytic capacityMacrophage lineageMacrophagesVivo isolationSame animals
1996
Morphological and pharmacological evidence for neuropeptide Y-galanin interaction in the rat hypothalamus
Horvath TL, Naftolin F, Leranth C, Sahu A, Kalra SP. Morphological and pharmacological evidence for neuropeptide Y-galanin interaction in the rat hypothalamus. Endocrinology 1996, 137: 3069-3077. PMID: 8770933, DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770933.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsArcuate Nucleus of HypothalamusAxonsCerebral VentriclesColchicineDendritesEstradiolEstrusFemaleGalaninHypothalamusHypothalamus, AnteriorImmunoenzyme TechniquesImmunohistochemistryLuteinizing HormoneMicroscopy, ImmunoelectronNeuronsNeuropeptide YOvariectomyParaventricular Hypothalamic NucleusPreoptic AreaProgesteroneRatsRats, Sprague-DawleySignal TransductionSubstance PSupraoptic NucleusConceptsNeuropeptide YMedial preoptic areaLH releaseGAL neuronsArcuate nucleusIntraventricular injectionParaventricular nucleusPreoptic areaSupraoptic nucleusSynaptic connectionsBasal LH releaseNPY-immunoreactive axonsPituitary hormone secretionPituitary gonadotropin releaseRelease of gonadotropinsMicroscopic examinationHypothalamic peptidergic systemsPeroxidase-antiperoxidase techniqueAvidin-biotin peroxidaseLight microscopic examinationMechanism of actionDiaminobenzidine reactionGAL releaseNPY inputNPY administration