Frequency-dependent expression of diaphorase staining and nNOS-immunoreactivity in rat dorsal horn neurones following C-fibre stimulation

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 181-184

  Hoheisel, U ^a   Kaske, A ^a   Reinert, A ^a   Mense, S ^a  

^a Inst fur Anat und Zellbiologie III   (Germany)

Author keywords

C fibre stimulation; NADPH dependent diaphorase; Neuroplasticity; Nitric oxide synthase; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030908118     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00334-0     Document Type: Article

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