The ontogeny of cerebral and cerebellar nitric oxide synthase in the guinea pig and rat

Pediatric Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 779-783

  Lizasoain, Ignacio ^a,b   Weiner, Carl P ^a,c   Knowles, Richard G ^a   Moncada, Salvador ^a  

^a WELLCOME RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CITRULLINE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GUINEA PIG; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0029936554     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199605000-00006     Document Type: Article

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