Localization of GTP cyclohydrolase in monoaminergic but not nitric oxide-producing cells

Synapse

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-153

  Hwang, Onyou ^a,b   Baker, Harriet ^a   Gross, Steven ^a   Joh, Tong H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Nitric oxide synthase; Olfactory bulb; Substantia nigra; Tetrahydrobiopterin; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MALE; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; BIOPTERIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCUS COERULEUS; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLFACTORY BULB; PINEAL GLAND; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0031974577     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199802)28:2<140::AID-SYN4>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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