Nitric oxide synthase in vagal sensory and sympathetic neurons innervating the guinea-pig trachea

Journal of the Autonomic Nervous System

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-160

  Fischer, Axel ^a,c   Mayer, Bernd ^b   Kummer, Wolfgang ^c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Airway nerve; Autonomic innervation; Immunohistochemistry; Jugular ganglion; Nodose ganglion; Retrograde neuronal tracing

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 0030061313     PISSN: 01651838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-1838(95)00085-2     Document Type: Article

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