GTP-cyclohydrolase-I like immunoreactivity in rat brain

Brain Research

Volumn 777, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 187-201

  Dassesse, D ^a   Hemmens, B ^b,c   Cuvelier, L ^a   Resibois A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Inst fur Klin M   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

GTP cyclohydrolase I; Immunohistochemistry; Monoaminergic neuron; Rat brain; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOPTERIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0031589704     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)01111-6     Document Type: Article

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