Topography and immunocytochemical characterization of nerve fibers in the leptomeningeal compartments of the rat. A light- and electron-microscopical study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 287, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-22

  Fricke, Britta ^a   Von Düring, Monika ^a   Andres, Karl Hermann ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral arteries; Chemoreception; Dopamine beta hydroxylase (D H); Leptomeninges; Mechanoreception; Nerve fibers; Neuropeptides; Nitric oxide synthase (NOS); Nociception; Protein gene product 9.5 (PGP 9.5); Rat (Sprague Dawley, Wistar)

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTOMENINX; MICROSCOPY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031036130     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050728     Document Type: Article

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