Expression of NADPH-diaphorase and colocalization with Fos in the brain neurons of the rat following visceral noxious stimulation

Brain Research

Volumn 834, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Rodella, Luigi ^a   Rezzani, Rita ^a   Agostini, Cristina ^a   Bianchi, Rossella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

c Fos; Colocalization; NADPH diaphorase; Nociception; Rat

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROANATOMY; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURONS; PAIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCERA;

EID: 0033542805     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)01434-1     Document Type: Article

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