The NADPH-diaphorase-containing system in the brain of the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-112

  Cozzi, Bruno ^a   Massa, Renato ^a   Panzica, Gian Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian brain; Melopsittacus undulatus (Psittaciformes); Neurotransmitters; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide syntase; Sound production

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031014918     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050735     Document Type: Article

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