Feature article: Nitric oxide-producing neurons in the neocortex: Morphological and functional relationship with intraparenchymal microvasculature

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-203

  Estrada, Carmen ^a,c   DeFelipe, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCAPNIA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEIZURE; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; MICROCIRCULATION; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032037447     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/8.3.193     Document Type: Article

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