Distribution of NADPH-diaphorase and nitric oxide synthase in relation to catecholaminergic neuronal structures in the brain of the lizard Gekko gecko

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-141

  Smeets, W J A J ^a   Alonso, J R ^b   Gonzalez A ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

colocalization; histochemistry; locus coeruleus; NOS; substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE METABOLISM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LIZARD; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CATECHOLAMINES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIZARDS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031011973     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970106)377:1<121::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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