Neuronal nitric oxide synthase in the vasculature of the rat brain: An immunocytochemical study using the tyramide signal amplification technique

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 731-736

  Stanarius, Andreas ^a   Seidel, Bertolt ^a   Wolf, Gerald ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PIA MATER; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TYRAMINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032461841     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006998801135     Document Type: Article

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