Nitrergic innervation of the cerebral arterial tree in the bent-winged bat (Mammalia: Microchiroptera)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 390, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 366-376

  Ando, Koichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular innervation; Intrinsic neurons; Nitrergic nerves; Nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BAT; BRAIN ARTERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 0031973004     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980119)390:3<366::aid-cne5>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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