The marginal nuclei of the spinal cord in turtles: Neuron assemblies in which γ-aminobutyric acid and nitric oxide synthase are colocalized

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-130

  Fernandez A ^a   Radmilovich, M ^a   Trujillo Cenoz O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Immunocystochemistry; Marginal nuclei; Spinal cord; Turtle

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 0031687574     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050499     Document Type: Article

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