Nitric oxide synthase distribution in the cat superior colliculus and co-localization with choline acetyltransferase

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 147-159

  Scheiner, Christopher ^a   Arceneaux, Renee ^a   Guido, William ^a   Kratz, Kenneth ^a   Mize, Ranney ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Double labeling; Nitric oxide; Oculomotor function; Parabrachial brainstem; Subcortical visual system

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LYSINE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0033996852     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-0618(00)00037-5     Document Type: Article

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