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Neurochemical Systems Regulating the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenocortical Axis
Control of glucocorticoid secretion is essential for the health and survival of all vertebrate organisms. Hyper- and hypo-secretion of glucocorticoids are associated with disease processes, underlying the impo...
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Role of the nrf-2 gene in protection and repair of gastric mucosa against oxidative stress
Helicobacter pylori infection, as well as NSAIDs induce oxidative stress on gastric mucosa, thereby causing mucosal damage and retarding mucosal repair. Cells can survive against chronic oxidative stress by enhan...
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Morphological comparisons between outer and inner ramifying alpha cells of the albino rat retina
The somato-dendritic morphologies of large ganglion cells were studied by intracellular injections of Lucifer yellow in perfusedin vitro preparations of the albino rat retina. The ganglion cells were prelabeled w...
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Cholinergic neurons containing GABA-like and/or glutamic acid decarboxylase-like immunoreactivities in various brain regions of the rat
The coexistence of immunoreactivities for choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) and glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) and/or gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was revealed in some brain regions of the rat, using the p...
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A simple method for beveling micropipettes for intracellular recording and current injection
A simple equipment for beveling intracellular microelectrodes has been made by modifying a conventional turntable. An agar disc containing ceric oxide polishing compound which was put on a flat glass disc was ...
