Coexistence of nitric oxide synthase and neuropeptides in the mouse vomeronasal organ demonstrated by a combination of double immunofluorescence labeling and a multiple dye filter

Brain Research

Volumn 712, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-39

  Matsuda, Hideki ^a   Kusakabe, Tatsumi ^a   Kawakami, Tadashi ^a   Takenaka, Toshifumi ^a   Sawada, Hajime ^a   Tsukuda, Mamoru ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Dual band filter; Mouse; Neuropeptide; Nitric oxide synthase; Sphenopalatine ganglion; Trigeminal ganglion; Vomeronasal organ

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

EID: 0029873650     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01428-4     Document Type: Article

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