Nitric oxide synthase in the innervation of the human nasal mucosa: Correlation with neuropeptides and tyrosine hydroxylase

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-133

  Tasman, Abel Jan ^a   Bogatzki, Beate ^a   Heppt, Werner ^b   Hauser Kronberger, Cornelia ^c   Fischer, Axel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NASAL MUCOSA; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0031962716     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199801000-00025     Document Type: Article

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