Histochemical characterization of NADPH-diaphorase activity in area 17 of diurnal and nocturnal primates and rodents

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1355-1362

  Costa, E T ^a   Do Nascimento, J L M ^a   Picanco Diniz C W ^a   Quaresma, J A S ^a   Silva Filho, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; NOS; Primates; Rodents; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; AOTUS; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; ENZYMOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; AOTIDAE; CEBUS; GUINEA PIGS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; RODENTIA; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030252994     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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