Endothelial and neuronal nitric oxide synthases are present in the suprachiasmatic nuclei of Syrian hamsters and rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 649-661

  Caillol, Monique ^a   Devinoy, Eve ^a   Lacroix, Marie Christine ^a   Schirar, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Biological clock; GFAP; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Northern blot; RT PCR; Western blot

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CEREBELLUM; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HAMSTER; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROANATOMY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CRICETINAE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0034007369     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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