Patterns of nitric oxide synthase at the messenger RNA and protein levels during early rat brain development

Neuroscience

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1193-1201

  Keilhoff, G ^a   Seidel, B ^a   Noack, H ^a   Tischmeyer, W ^b   Stanek, D ^a   Wolf, G ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurochemistry   (Germany)

Author keywords

developing rat brain; electron microscopy; NADPH diaphorase; nitric oxide synthase; reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; western blot

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FETUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030298570     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00330-2     Document Type: Article

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