The chemical heterogeneity of cortical interneurons: Nitric oxide synthase vs. calbindin and parvalbumin immunoreactivity in the rat

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-266

  Bertini, G ^c   Peng, Z C ^a   Bentivoglio, M ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Medical Faculty   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Calcium binding proteins; Cerebral cortex; GABAergic neurons; Nonpyramidal neurons; Sprague Dawley rats; Wistar rats

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CINGULATE GYRUS; DENSITY GRADIENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RAT;

EID: 0029881849     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0361-9230(95)02133-7     Document Type: Article

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