NADPH-diaphorase reactive pyramidal neurons in Ammon's horn and the subiculum of the rat hippocampal formation

Brain Research

Volumn 733, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-40

  Vaid, R Roy ^a   Yee, Benjamin K ^a   Rawlins, J N P ^a   Totterdell, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CA1; Densitometry; Histochemistry; Immunocytochemistry; Long term protentiation; Nitrix oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SUBICULUM;

EID: 0030576864     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00530-6     Document Type: Article

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