NADPH-diaphorase and NOS enzymatic activities in some neurons of reptilian gut and their relationships with two neuropeptides

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 397-405

  Lamanna, C ^a   Costagliola, A ^a   Vittoria, A ^a   Mayer, B ^b   Assisi, L ^a   Botte, V ^a   Cecio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Galanin; Gastrointestinal tract; Nitric oxide; Reptiles; VIP

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TETRAZOLIUM; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FROZEN SECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INNERVATION; LIZARD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOTONEURON; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIKARYON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPTILE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GALANIN; LIZARDS; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; SNAKES; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PODARCIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; SUIDAE; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033007560     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290050238     Document Type: Article

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