NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry of rat choroid plexus blood vessels and epithelium

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 179-182

  Szmydynger Chodobska, Joanna ^a   Monfils, Paul R ^b   Lin, Anne Y J ^a   Rahman, Michael P ^a   Johanson, Conrad E ^a   Chodobski, Adam ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029874748     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12591-X     Document Type: Article

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