Absence of nitric oxide synthase in rat oligodendrocytes: A light and electron microscopic study

Acta Histochemica

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 409-417

  Keilhoff, Gerburg ^a   Seidel, Bertolt ^a   Wolf, Gerald ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Oligodendroglial cells

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031759128     PISSN: 00651281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-1281(98)80037-8     Document Type: Article

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