Nitrergic and VIPergic neurons in the choroid and ciliary ganglion of the duck Anis carina

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-248

  Bergua, Antonio ^a   Mayer, Bernd ^b   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Blood flow regulation; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Visual system

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOROID; CILIARY GANGLION; DUCK; EYE BLOOD FLOW; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; DUCKS; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ANAS SP.; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029669981     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00198327     Document Type: Article

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