Distribution of intrinsic cardiac neurons in whole-mount guinea pig atria identified by multiple neurochemical coding. A confocal microscope study

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-421

  Horackova, M ^a   Armour, J A ^a   Byczko, Z ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Guinea pig; Immunofluorescence; Neuropeptide Y; Substance P; Tyrosine hydroxylase; Vasoactive intestinal peptide

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; GENE PRODUCT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GANGLION; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART NERVE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032842195     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051368     Document Type: Article

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