NADPH-diaphorase-positive ganglion cells of the rat adrenal gland: Age- and sex-related changes in their number, size, and distribution

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 366, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 181-196

  Cracco, Cecilia M ^a,c   Bertorello, Nicoletta ^a   Filogamo, Guido ^a   Riederer, Beat M ^b   Vercelli, Alessandro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

immunocytochemistry; morphometry; nitric oxide; postnatal development; sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 5; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; GANGLIA; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030049256     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960226)366:1<181::AID-CNE12>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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