Localization of nitric oxide synthase, NADPH diaphorase and soluble guanylyl cyclase in adult rabbit retina

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 881-890

  Haberecht, Michael F ^a   Schmidt, Harald H H W ^b   Mills, Stephen L ^a   Massey, Steven C ^a   Nakane, Masaki ^c   Redburn Johnson, Dianna A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Vascular Biology Group

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide; Rabbit and monkey retina; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA; RABBIT; RETINA; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RABBITS; RETINA; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0032170562     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523898155104     Document Type: Article

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