Axotomy increases NADPH-diaphorase activity in the dorsal root ganglia and lumbar spinal cord of the turtle Trachemys dorbigni

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 489-493

  Partata, W A ^a,b   Krepsky, A M R ^a   Marques, M ^a   Achaval, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas e da Saude Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Axotomy; NADPH diaphorase; Turtle

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACK; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL GANGLION; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AXOTOMY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HYPERALGESIA; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; SPINAL CORD; TURTLES;

EID: 0033113284     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1999000400018     Document Type: Article

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