NADPH-diaphorase in the developing rat: Lower brainstem and cervical spinal cord, with special reference to the trigemino-solitary complex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 365, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-525

  Takemura, Motohide ^a   Wakisaka, Satoshi ^a   Iwase, Katsuya ^a   Yabuta, Neusa Harumi ^a   Nakagawa, Shinji ^a   Chen, Kang ^a   Bae, Yong Chul ^b   Yoshida, Atsushi ^a   Shigenaga, Yoshio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

histochemistry; NOS; postnatal; prenatal; sensorimotor reflex

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL POPULATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030069516     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19960219)365:4<511::AID-CNE1>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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