Distribution and neuropeptide content of nitric oxide synthase- containing nerve fibers in arteries and conduction system of the rat heart

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 239-247

  Inokuchi, T ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart; Neuropeptide Y; Nitric oxide; Rat; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INNERVATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINUS NODE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; CORONARY VESSELS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPEPTIDES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

EID: 0031393349     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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