Expression of nitric oxide synthase in the developing rat hippocampus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 263, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 89-92

  Moritz, Gisele C ^a   Tenorio, Frank ^a   Allodi, Silvana ^a   Mendez Otero, Rosalia ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ammon's horn; Dentate gyrus; NADPH diaphorase; Nitric oxide synthase; Pyramidal neurons

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033605691     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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