Topographical relationship between neuronal nitric oxide synthase immunoreactivity and cyclic 3',5'-guanosine monophosphate accumulation in the brain of the adult Xenopus laevis

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-56

  Allaerts, Wilfried ^a   De Vente, Jan ^b   Markerink Van Ittersum, Marianne ^b   Tuinhof, Rienk ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP accumulation; Neuronal connectivity; Nitric oxide; nNOS immunohistochemistry; Soluble guanylate cyclase; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC GMP; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PITUITARY GLAND; RABBITS; RATS; SHEEP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032126698     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(98)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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