Immunocytochemical and histochemical localization of nitric oxide synthase in the turtle retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 717-729

  Blute, Todd A ^a   Mayer, Bernd ^b   Eldred, William D ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Retina; Turtle

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031193617     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523800012670     Document Type: Article

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