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By the use of immunocytochemical methods the colocalization of the octapeptide angiotensin II or fragments of it and the AT1 receptor subtype is shown in individual neurons of the paraventricular, the accessory and the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus. Similar results were obtained with an anti-idiotypic antibody to angiotensin II antibodies. Our results provide strong evidence that angiotensin-containing hypothalamic neurons are innervated by angiotensinergic neurons.
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Spengler, C., Pfister, J., Mosimann, R., Raizada, M., Felix, D., Imboden, H. (1996). Coexistence of angiotensin receptors and angiotensin in hypothalamic neurons of the rat. In: Krisch, B., Mentlein, R. (eds) The Peptidergic Neuron. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9010-6_16
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