Differential expression of neuronal and endothelial nitric oxide synthase in blood vessels of the rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 109-112

  Seidel, Bertolt ^a   Stanarius, Andreas ^a   Wolf, Gerald ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Brain vasculature; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide synthase isoforms; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CAPILLARIES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PIA MATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031578955     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00912-9     Document Type: Article

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