Ultrastructural distribution of NADPH-diaphorase in the normal hippocampus and after long-term potentiation

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 807-817

  Faber Zuschratter, H ^a   Seidenbecher, T ^a   Reymann, K ^a   Wolf, G ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Synapses

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAZOLIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

EID: 0029827280     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01273359     Document Type: Article

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