Immunocytochemical localisation of neuronal nitric oxide synthase in developing and transplanted rabbit retinas

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 449-458

  Sharma, Rajesh K ^a   Perez, Maria Thereza R ^a   Ehinger, Berndt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA INNER PLEXIFORM LAYER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; RETINA; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030798057     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050132     Document Type: Article

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