Histochemical Study of the Distribution of Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Diaphorase (NADPHd)-positive Neurons in the Chicken Caecum

Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 345-349

  Hiramatsu, K ^a   Kawamori, Y ^a   Ohshima, K ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CECUM; CHICKEN; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; INNERVATION; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CECUM; CHICKENS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

EID: 0033250237     PISSN: 03402096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0264.1999.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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