Anatomically specific colocalization of NADPH-diaphorase and choline acetyltransferase in the quail brainstem

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Panzica, G C ^a,b   Garzino, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Dipto Anat Farmacol Med L   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Avian brain; Locus coeruleus; Mesencephalon; Nitric oxide synthase; Pons

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GIGANTOCELLULAR RETICULAR NUCLEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COTURNIX; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; PONS;

EID: 0030759087     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00547-8     Document Type: Article

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