Putative nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-containing cells in the central nervous system of the leech, Hirudo medicinalis: NADPH-diaphorase histochemistry

Brain Research

Volumn 723, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Leake, L D ^a   Moroz, L L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

annelid; central nervous system; Hirudo medicinalis; identified neuron; invertebrate; leech; NOS

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030014164     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00220-X     Document Type: Article

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