Marked increases in neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) mRNA and NADPH-diaphorase histostaining in adrenal cortex after immobilization stress in rats

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-293

  Tsuchiya, Toru ^a   Kishimoto, Jiro ^a   Nakayama, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a SHISEIDO RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Adrenal medulla; Immobilization stress; In situ hybridization; mRNA; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide (NO); Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Rat

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030131130     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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