NADPH-diaphorase and cytosolic urea cycle enzymes in the rat accessory olfactory bulb

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-117

  Nakamura, Hiroyuki ^a,b   Itoh, Kazuo ^a   Kawabuchi, Masaru ^b  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argininosuccinate; Nitric oxide cycle; Nitric oxide synthase; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; ARGININOSUCCINIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; UREA;

ACCESSORY CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MITRAL CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; UREA CYCLE; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; ARGININOSUCCINATE SYNTHASE; CYTOSOL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OLFACTORY BULB; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA;

EID: 0032760735     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(99)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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