Preganglionic endings from nucleus of Edinger-Westphal in pigeon ciliary ganglion contain neuronal nitric oxide synthase

Visual Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 819-834

  Cuthbertson, Sherry ^c   Zagvazdin, Yuri S ^c   Kimble, Toya D H ^c   Lamoreaux, William J ^a   Jackson, Bryan S ^c   Fitzgerald, Malinda E C ^c   Reiner, Anton ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autonomic innervation; Choroidal blood flow; Immunohistochemistry; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHOROID; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PARASYMPATHETIC GANGLION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PREGANGLIONIC NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC FIBERS, PREGANGLIONIC; CHOROID; COLUMBIDAE; GANGLIA, PARASYMPATHETIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; OCULOMOTOR NERVE;

EID: 0033197562     PISSN: 09525238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952523899165027     Document Type: Article

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