A hookup stem (48; 70) to implement an electric hookup (50; 60) of an electric heater of an injection molding nozzle (30), the hookup stem (48; 70) being designed in a manner that it can be affixed by means of at least one electrically conducting adhesion layer (52; 62; 64; 66) and/or by a contact paste (52) to the heater, the hookup stem comprising a shank element (54; 72), and a connecting segment (56; 74) coming into contact with the minimum of one adhesion layer (52; 62; 64; 66) or the contact paste (52).