NADPH-diaphorase-positive neurons and pathways in the brain of the frog Rana esculenta

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-198

  Lázár, Gyula ^a   Losonczy, Attila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Histochemistry; Lesions; Mapping

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; FROG; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OPTIC TECTUM; PREOPTIC AREA; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SPINE; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DENERVATION; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY NERVE; RANA ESCULENTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032997332     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050219     Document Type: Article

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