Nitric oxide synthase 1 and nitric oxide synthase 3 protein expression is regionally and temporally regulated in fetal brain

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-14

  Northington, Frances J ^a   Koehler, Raymond C ^a   Traystman, Richard J ^a   Martin, Lee J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cerebrovascular development; Constitutive nitric oxide synthase protein; Immunocytochemistry; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030595006     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(96)00051-X     Document Type: Article

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