NADPH-diaphorase activity in area 17 of the squirrel monkey visual cortex: Neuropil pattern, cell morphology and laminar distribution

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1093-1105

  Franca, J G ^a,b   Do Nascimento, J L M ^a   Picanco Diniz C W ^a   Quaresma, J A S ^a   Silva, A L C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase; NADPH diaphorase; Neocortex; Nitric oxide synthase; Primates

Indexed keywords

CERCOPITHECIDAE; PLATYRRHINI; PRIMATES; SAIMIRI; SCIURIDAE;

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; SAIMIRI; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031218248     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1997000900008     Document Type: Article

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