Light and electron microscopic study of neuronal nitric oxide synthase- immunoreactive neurons in the rat subiculum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 195-208

  Lin, Hong ^a   Totterdell, Susan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Interneurons; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate diaphorase; Pyramidal neurons; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; CYTOCHROME B5 REDUCTASE; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SUBICULUM;

ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032101850     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980601)395:2<195::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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