Astrocytes and Bergmann glia as an important site of nitric oxide synthase I

GLIA

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-173

  Kugler, Peter ^a,b   Drenckhahn, Detlev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b Institute of Anatomy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Hippocampus; NOS; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GLIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030083086     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199602)16:2<165::AID-GLIA8>3.3.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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