Ultrastructural localization of neuronal nitric oxide synthase- immunoreactivity in the rat ileum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Matini, Patrizia ^a   Faussone Pellegrini, Maria Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron microscope; Enteric nervous system; Histochemistry; Ileum; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ILEUM; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE ENDINGS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030748442     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00414-X     Document Type: Article

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