Localization of NADPH-diaphorase in the rat pineal gland: An experimental enzyme histochemical study

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-163

  López Figueroa, Manuel Oscar ^a   Møller, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Histochemistry; Innervation; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Pineal gland; Pinealocytes; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GANGLIONECTOMY; INNERVATION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PINEAL BODY; RAT; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GANGLIONECTOMY; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030116393     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1996.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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