Quantitative analysis of neuronal nitric oxide synthase-immunoreactive neurons in the mouse hippocampus with optical disector

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 410, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 398-412

  Jinno, Shozo ^a   Aika, Yusuke ^a   Fukuda, Takaichi ^a   Kosaka, Toshio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

GABA; Immunocytochemistry; Interneuron; Limbic system

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

EID: 0033517171     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990802)410:3<398::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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