Nitrergic innervation of the cat liver

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 45-48

  Esteban, Francisco J ^a   Pedrosa, Juan A ^a   Jiménez, Ana ^a   Del Moral, María L ^a   Rodrigo, José ^b   Peinado, María A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Inst Neurbio Santiago Ramon Y C   (Spain)

Author keywords

Imunocytochemistry; Mammalian; Nitrergic innervation; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; CAT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; LIVER; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0031887614     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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