Cerebellar nitric oxide synthase is expressed within granule cell patches innervated by specific mossy fiber terminals: A developmental profile

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 274-282

  Li, Jun ^a   Chen, Sheng ^a   Lin, Rick C S ^a   Smith, Sheryl S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocytin; Cholera toxin B subunit; Lateral reticular nuclei; Plasticity; Pontine nuclei

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; CHOLERA TOXIN B SUBUNIT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; INNERVATION; LATERAL RETICULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STAINING;

EID: 0030920486     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111216     Document Type: Article

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