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Nuclear localization of aldosterone in rat brain cells assessed by autoradiography

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Autoradiographic studies with3H aldosterone demonstrate nuclear concentration of hormone in neurons of the hippocampus, septum, allocortical regionss and brain stem reticular formation and motor nuclei of cranial nerves and in the meninges. The results suggest that mineralocorticoids have wide ranging effects on different parts of the central nervous system.

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  1. Allan Memorial Institute of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Marion K. Birmingham, W. E. Stumpf & M. Sar

  2. Department of Anatomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

    Marion K. Birmingham, W. E. Stumpf & M. Sar

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This work was supported by the Medical Research Council of Canada and by PHS grant NS09914. We thank Ms Brenda McClain for technical assistance.

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Birmingham, M.K., Stumpf, W.E. & Sar, M. Nuclear localization of aldosterone in rat brain cells assessed by autoradiography. Experientia 35, 1240–1241 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01963313

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