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Medially the MD is lined with 3rd ventricular ependyma lying immediately adjacent to the 3rd ventricle, except where the paraventricular nucleus is interposed.
CRF, the 41-amino acid peptide produced in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), is the principal neuropeptide in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and released during stress (Plotsky and Vale, 1984).
22) These effects are paralleled by deficits of NO at the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN) (23) In addition, it has also been reported that angiotensin is involved in the hypertensive mechanisms associated with the inhibition of NO.
 
 
 
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