Characterization of nitric oxide synthase isoforms expressed in different structures of the guinea pig cochlea

Brain Research

Volumn 747, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-33

  Gosepath, Katrin ^a   Gath, Ingolf ^a   Maurer, Jan ^a   Pollock, Jennifer S ^b   Amedee, Ron ^c   Förstermann, Ulrich ^a   Mann, Wolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood flow regulation; hair cell; neuromodulation; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase (neuronal, endothelial, inducible); spiral ganglion cell; spiral ligament; stria vascularis

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COCHLEA; ENDOTHELIUM; GUINEA PIGS; HAIR CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOENZYMES; MICROCIRCULATION; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPIRAL GANGLION;

EID: 0031047369     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01149-3     Document Type: Article

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