24-hour rhythmicity of NADPH-diaphorase activity in the neuropil of rat visual cortex

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 337-340

  Hilbig, Heidegard ^a   Punkt, Karla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Circadian rhythms; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030996845     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(97)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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