Distribution and co-localization of nitric oxide synthase and argininosuccinate synthetase in the cat hypothalamus

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 477-492

  Isayama, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a,b,c,d   Kanemaru, Hideki ^a   Kobayashi, Keiko ^e   Emson, Pierce C ^f   Kawabuchi, Masaru ^a   Tashiro, Nobutada ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Laboratory of Neural Circuit   (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CITRULLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CAT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0031426799     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.60.477     Document Type: Article

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