The morphology of the feline area posterma (AP), a circumventricular organ, has been studied by scanning (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). In SEM preparations the boundary of the AP… (More)
This study demonstrates that markedly different patterns of age-related changes in blood pressure and body weight occur among normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and… (More)
The area postrema in mammals other than rodents and lagomorphs is a bilateral mound of gelatinous-appearing tissue that protrudes into the caudal fourth ventricle on either side of the obex. In… (More)
Examination of the squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) area postrema (AP) revealed this circumventricular organ to be primarily composed of two types of glial cells and a single type of neuronal… (More)
6-Hydroxydopamine (6-OH-DA) has been shown to produce degenerative changes in noradrenergic nerve terminals and preterminals in the CNS following intracisternal, intraventricular or direct injection… (More)