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The sensory circumventricular organs of the mammalian brain : subfornical organ, OVLT and area postrema /

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The brain's three sensory circumventricular organs, the subfornical organ, organum vasculosum of the lamina terminalis and the area postrema lack a blood brain barrier and are the only regions in the brain in which neurons are exposed to the chemical environment of the systemic circulation. The...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: McKinley, M. J. (Michael J.), 1946-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, 2003.
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; v. 172.
Subjects:
Circumventricular organs.
Circumventriculaire organen.
Zoogdieren.
Cerebral Ventricles.
Area Postrema.
Hypothalamus.
Mammals.
Subfornical Organ.
Säugetiere.
Zirkumventrikuläres Organ.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Location, general structure and ependymal cells of sensory circumventricular organs
  • Regional subdivisions within sensory circumventricular organs
  • Vasculature, compartmental barriers, neurons and glia in the sensory circumventricular organs
  • Neurochemical aspects of sensory circumventricular organs
  • Neural connections of the sensory circumventricular organs
  • Immediate-early gene expression in sensory circumventricular organs
  • Functions of the sensory circumventricular organs.