Preganglionic parasympathetic salivatory neurons in the brainstem contain markers for nitric oxide synthesis in the rabbit

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 204, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 128-132

  Zhu, Bao Song ^a   Gai, Wei Ping ^a   Yu, Ying Hui ^a   Gibbins, Ian L ^b   Blessing, William W ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brainstem; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Parasympathetic; Retrograde tracing; Salivatory nucleus

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SALIVARY GLAND;

EID: 0029670981     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12338-7     Document Type: Article

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