Nitroxidergic innervation of guinea pig cerebral arteries

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 108-114

  Barroso, C P ^a   Edvinsson, L ^b   Zhang, W ^b   Cunha E Sa M ^a,c   Springall, D R ^d   Polak, J M ^d   Gulbenkian, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral artery; Immunohistochemistry; Nitric oxide; Ulrastructure; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; INNERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029871262     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(95)00134-4     Document Type: Article

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