Localization and characterization of nitric oxide synthase in the rat suprachiasmatic nucleus: Evidence for a nitrergic plexus in the biological clock

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 855-861

  Chen, Dong ^a   Hurst, William J ^b   Ding, Jian M ^b   Faiman, Lia E ^b   Mayer, Bernd ^c   Gillette, Martha U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Confocal microscopy; Nitric oxide synthase; Rat; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031033270     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68020855.x     Document Type: Article

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