Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase fails to disrupt the development of cholinergic fiber patches in the rat superior colliculus

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-273

  Mize, R R ^a   Scheiner, C A ^a   Salvatore, M F ^a   Cork, R J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Axon pathfinding; Nco nitro L arginine; Nitric oxide; Synapse formation; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030969175     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: 14219859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111215     Document Type: Article

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