Alteration of neuronal nitric oxide synthase activity and expression in the cerebellum and the forebrain of microencephalic rats

Brain Research

Volumn 793, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 54-60

  Tregnago, Manuela ^a   Virgili, Marco ^a   Monti, Barbara ^a   Guarnieri, Tiziana ^a   Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain development; Immunochemistry; Methylazoxymethanol acetate; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOREBRAIN; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROCEPHALY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; METHYLAZOXYMETHANOL ACETATE; MICROCEPHALY; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; ORGAN SIZE; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032543163     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00161-9     Document Type: Article

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