Immunocytochemical analysis of the transport of arginine analogues into nitrergic neurons and other cells in the retina and pituitary

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 501-514

  Pow, David V ^a   Crook, Denise K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analogues; Arginine; Immunocytochemistry; Nitric oxide; Pituitary; Rabbit; Rat (Wistar); Retina; Transport

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; ARGININE METHYL ESTER; CANAVANINE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; PITUITARY GLAND; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030840138     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050957     Document Type: Article

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